Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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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
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Citation
“Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.,” Visualizing Cities Lab - Tokyo, accessed June 18, 2026, https://tokyo.visualizingcitieslab.org/items/show/16.