1940 OLYMPIC GAMES
JAPAN’S CLAIM FOR SELECTION. PREPARED FOR BIG EXPENDITURE. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. . Tbkio, Feb. 21. The Mayor of Tokib told representatives bf the foreign Press that beside 1,000,000 yen (aborit - £100,000) already offered, for foreign athletes’ travelling expenses, Tokfo would spend 15,000,000 yen (about £1,500,000) on grounds and ample facilities if selected fof the 1940. Olympic Games. Moreover, the Diet would make a big appropriation. It is thought that Japan deserves selection, due to. her sports achievements, while the Olympic Games have not yet been held in Asia. Moreover -1940 will coincide with the celebration bf the 2600th. annivfersary bf thfe founding bf the Japanese Empirfe.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 23 (Supplement)
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