In tokyo
2008 beijing. It has always been in Europe before that.
the Olympics in 1964 was the first to be held in Asia. ITWASAWSOME!
The Games (including summer) have been in Asia 5 times.
Tokyo, Japan
Yes
The 2008 Summer Olympics were hosted in Asia, specifically in Beijing, China. This marked the first time that the Summer Olympics were held in China and the third time they were hosted in Asia, following the events in Tokyo in 1964 and Seoul in 1988. The games took place from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
Sapporo, Japan wsa the first Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. It was held in 1972.
1972 in Sapporo, Japan.
The first athlete to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Asia was Alexey Vakhonin of the Soviet Union who won gold in men's bantamweight (56kg) weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on October 11.
The 1940 summer Olympics were originally given to Tokyo but since the WW II was already going on in Asia, the games were moved to Helsinki in 1938. A year later Winter War started when Finland was attacked by Soviet Union. After the three month war Finland was amazingly still independent and was still going to organize the 1940 games.
Asian Games Federation's motto is 'Ever onward'.