ocr: - relevision proadcasts begin (1953) Japan is admitted to the United Nations (1956) The Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic games in Japan, is held (1964) Kawabata Yasunari becomes Japan's first Nobel laureate in lit- erature (1968) The Japan World Exposition (Expo Osaka) is held (1970) - Japan normalizes relations with China (1972) The Showa Emperor passes away (1989) Heisei period (1989 - present) The International Peace Cooperation Law is passed (1992) The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (1995) 2000 Japan co-hosts the FIFA' World Cup witht the Republic ofl Korea (2002)
