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Japan's first participation at Olympic games was in July 1912 at the 5th Olympic Games in Stockholm. The following Olympic games were held in Japan in the past: Tokyo, Summer Games 1964 Sapporo,. Since its first (ultimately canceled) bid in 1940, Japan has hosted the Olympics four times: in 1964, 1972, 1998, and 2021 (originally 2020). Each occasion coincided with critical turning points in. Read Britannica s list of Olympic Games host cities to find out where the Olympics have been held in the past and where they are scheduled to take place in the future. Tokyo is the only city in the world to have hosted both the Olympic and Paralympic games two times. The 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics marked the third time that Japan has hosted the games.