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Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball.
The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.
The five-ring Olympics symbols stand out in the jumble of bright lights in downtown Tokyo.
The signs dot Tokyo as the host city prepares for the 1964 Olympic summer games.
Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city, holds the Olympic torch next to Greek actress Aleka Katselli during a rehearsal for the opening of the Olympic Games
