Stock Photo - Jan. 1, 1970 - Inspired by the Olympic athletes, this fine statue of a hammer-thrower by M Namba is admired by two young Japanese girls.: The Artistic Japanese: Record Entries for this year's 'Art Oly Pics': Record entries for this year's 'Arty Olympics' have filled both halls of the Euno Park in Tokyo with paintings and statues - more than 300 in all. Nearly every Japanese artist and sculptor enters for the contest and hopes for the award of the gold medals. All day long, Japanese men and women, and their children, file around the exhibits, studying them and passing their own judgements on them. The standards are remarkably high and reveal a very wide on them. The standards are remarkably high and reveal a very wide range of contemporary and classical styles and techniques. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)