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Asia is Earth ' s largest and ___MASK65___ populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass ___MASK87___ Eurasia with the continent ___MASK87___ Europe . Asia covers an area ___MASK87___ , about 30 % ___MASK87___ Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % ___MASK87___ the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority ___MASK87___ the human population , was the site ___MASK87___ many ___MASK87___ the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent ___MASK87___ 4 . 4 billion people . A National Olympic Committee ( NOC ) is a national constituent ___MASK87___ the worldwide Olympic movement . Subject to the controls ___MASK87___ the International Olympic Committee , NOCs are responsible for organizing their people ' s participation in the Olympic Games . They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games . NOCs also promote the development ___MASK87___ athletes and training ___MASK87___ coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies . The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands ___MASK87___ athletes from around the world participate in a variety ___MASK87___ competitions . The Olympic Games are considered the world ' s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating . The Olympic Games are held every four years , with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart . The 2008 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games ___MASK87___ the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was a major international multi - sport event that took place in Beijing , ___MASK35___ , from 8 to 24 August 2008 . A total ___MASK87___ 10 , 942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( a total ___MASK87___ one event more than the schedule ___MASK87___ the 2004 Games ). ___MASK35___ became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games . It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in East Asia and Asia , after Tokyo , Japan , in 1964 and ___MASK27___ , South Korea , in 1988 . ___MASK9___ , officially ___MASK9___ Metropolis , is the capital ___MASK87___ Japan and one ___MASK87___ its 47 prefectures . The Greater ___MASK9___ Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world . It is the seat ___MASK87___ the Emperor ___MASK87___ Japan and the Japanese government . ___MASK9___ is in the Kant region on the southeastern side ___MASK87___ the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands . Formerly known as Edo , it has been the de facto seat ___MASK87___ government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters . It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital ___MASK87___ Kyoto in 1868 ; at that time Edo was renamed ___MASK9___ . ___MASK9___ Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger ___MASK87___ the former and the . East Asia is the eastern subregion ___MASK87___ the Asian continent , which can be defined in either geographical or ethno - cultural terms . Geographically and geopolitically , it includes ___MASK35___ , Hong Kong , and Macao ; Mongolia and Taiwan ; North and South Korea ; and Japan ; it covers about , or about 28 % ___MASK87___ the Asian continent , about twice the area ___MASK87___ Europe . Isabel Marques Swan ( born November 18 , 1983 ) is a Brazilian sailor . She won a bronze medal in 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics . The Summer Olympic Games or the Games ___MASK87___ the Olympiad , first held in 1896 , is an international multi - sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years . The most recent Olympics were held in ___MASK14___ , Brazil . The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city ' s preparations . In each Olympic event , gold medals are awarded for first place , silver medals are awarded for second place , and bronze medals are awarded for third ; this tradition began in 1904 . The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success ___MASK87___ the Summer Olympics . A multi - sport event is an organized sports event , often held over multiple days , featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams ___MASK87___ athletes from ( mostly ) nation states . The first major , modern , multi - sport event ___MASK87___ international significance is the modern Olympic Games . ___MASK27___ (  )  officially the ___MASK27___ Special City  is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea ( commonly known as South Korea ), forming the heart of the ___MASK27___ Capital Area , which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province , the world ' s 16th largest city . It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678 , 102 international residents .