Highlights of the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics held in 1964. Tokyo hosted 93 nations and 5.151 athletes. It was the very first time in history the Summer Olympics took place in Asia and, eventually, in Japan The Opening Ceremony was held at Tokyo National Stadium on October 10. The Olympic Cauldron was lit by Yoshinori Sakai, born on Hiroshima the very day of atomic bombing (August 6th, 1945)