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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 31, 1964 This photo taken on September 1, 1964 shows the inauguration ceremony for Japan's first bullet train service, the Tokaido Shinkansen, in Tokyo. - The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II. The first Games ever held in Asia were also a chance to trumpet the rebuilding of postwar Tokyo and the country's emergence as a high-tech giant with the infrastructure to match. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / - Japan OUT (KEYSTONE/JIJI PRESS/STR)