Impact of 1964 Olympic Games on Tokyo’s Development

The 1964 Olympics Games triggered massive urban renewal in Tokyo. At the same time there was new awareness about disaster preparedness for earthquakes and fires, which resulted in improvement in building construction technologies.

“Under the nation-wide campaign to promote Tokyo as an international city, many of the surgical operations of the city have been executed in a short term. Futuristic metropolitan highway and the bullet train system attracted people and Tokyo became recognized as the leading city in Asia.” 
 

1964 オリンピック ゲームは、東京での大規模な都市再開発トリガー。防災地震や火事についての新しい意識された同じ時構築建設技術の改善の結果。「全国のキャンペーンの下で、国際都市として東京を促進する都市の手術の多くは短期間で実施されてきた。未来首都高速道路と新幹線システム人を集め、東京でアジア主要都市として認識になった"。

Reference: Kubo, Takayuki, The Re-Making of Tokyo : lessons for Asian Megacities, mipimworld.com, May 22, 2012
 

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