CHISATO TANAKA
Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu poses for a photo in front of Sekisui Heim Super Arena, which was used as a morgue after the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. The arena is situated next to Miyagi Stadium, which is used for soccer matches during the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he is serving as a volunteer. Muramatsu has made business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas. He plans to hand them out to foreign media. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
Olympic volunteers strive to share stories of 3/11 disaster

By Chisato Tanaka Aug. 01, 2021 11:31 PM EDT
RIFU, Japan (AP) — Atsushi Muramatsu's handmade flyers are the size of a

People make their way in a rain affected by a tropical storm in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Nepartak, the season's eighth typhoon for Japan, brought strong winds and heavy rain to Japan's northern coast Wednesday after moving away from the Tokyo region and relieving the Olympic host city of a feared disruption to the games. (Kyodo News via AP)
Tropical storm dumps rain on northern Japan, spares Olympics

By Chisato Tanaka Jul. 27, 2021 09:53 PM EDT
RIFU, Japan (AP) — A tropical storm dumped rain in parts of northern Japan on

A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus pauses near a banner of Tokyo 2020 Olympic at Narita International Airport Tuesday afternoon, June 1, 2021, in Narita, east of Tokyo. A state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and other prefectures was last week extended until June 20 as COVID-19 cases continue to put the medical system under strain.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japanese Olympic athletes get shots as general public lags

By Chisato Tanaka Jun. 01, 2021 06:32 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday,

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee President Yoshiro Mori delivers a speech at a beginning of a meeting on the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterate 'we will hold the games'

By Chisato Tanaka Feb. 02, 2021 07:51 AM EST
TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee had a