approved Tokyo’s bid in 1936, to much fanfare in Japan. Aware that the Nazis had used the 1936 Berlin Games to promote their political agenda, the I.O.C. warned Japan not to use the Tokyo Games to burnish their nationalist ideology. When an austerity plan was announced in June 1938, the organizers were asked to cut construction costs by 30 to 40 percent. time to find a new host, Count Michimasa Soyeshima, a Japanese I.O.C.

Source: International New York Times April 02, 2020 09:00 UTC