Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1932, Japan ta soma aika 'yan wasan tsere zuwa gasar tsere ta duniya da kuma wasannin Olympics. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, an hana 'yan wasan Japan shiga wasannin kasa da kasa na tsawon shekaru da dama kuma sun dawo Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a 1951. Sapporo ita ce birni na farko a Japan da ta karbi bakuncin wasannin Olympics na hunturu, a shekarar 1972, yayin da Tokyo ita ce birni na farko a Japan da ta karbi bakuncin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, a shekarar 1972.
A shekara ta 1977.