japan association with olympics using a timeline
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1998 Feb 17, The U.S. women's hockey team won the gold medal at Japan, defeating Canada 3-1. (AP, 2/17/99)
2000 Sep 26, At the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. softball team completed a stunning comeback by edging Japan 2-to-1 in extra innings to win its second straight gold medal.
Feb 23, Japan stunned favorites Sasha Cohen of the United States and Irina of Russia to claim the women's figure skating gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics.
2008 Aug 10, Japan's has won his second straight Olympic gold medal, pinning France's Benjamin just seconds into their final match in the men's 66-kilogram division and bringing Japan its first judo gold of the Beijing Games.
2015 Jul 17, Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs and said it will reopen bidding for a new plan, in a stunning reversal that leaves the 2019 Rugby World Cup without a main venue. (Econ, 6/20/15, p.38)(AP, 7/17/15)
The below write-up traces the timeline of Japan’s association with Olympics.
Japan first partook at the Olympic Games in 1912, and since then it has participated in nearly all the Olympic Games.
Japan was not invited to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games and in 1980, Japan was part of the U.S.A-led boycott of the Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia.
Japan hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion planned for 2020. The 1964 Summer Olympics was hosted at Tokyo and 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held at Tokyo again in 2020. Japan has also hosted two Winter Olympics, the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture and the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano, Nagano Prefecture.