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In this July 8, 2019, photo, Kazuo Oda, a son of Mikio Oda, who won Japan's first Olympic gold medal and Asia's first individual gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press at Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo. “My father was from Hiroshima, so there was a celebration in his hometown upon his return,” Kazuo Oda said. “But as there were no media possibilities like today, his achievements were not known by everybody in Japan.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A different era: Oda wins Japan’s first Olympic gold in 1928

By STEPHEN WADE and KAORI HITOMI - Associated Press

In this Feb. 3, 2019, photo, Kazuo Oda, a retired trading house executive and longtime tennis friend of Emperor Akihito, speaks on a photograph showing Oda with then Crown Price Akihito and Michiko Shoda, who become Empress Michiko, during an exclusive interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo. Akihito’s Heisei era will end when he abdicates on April 30 in favor of his elder son, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, beginning a new, as yet unnamed era. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Correction: Japan-Emperor story

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press