Live at Budokan: Famed arena gets another Olympic spotlight

A volunteer works outside the Nippon Budokan stadium for judo ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A police man stands guard at a garden entrance to the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

People prepare the field of play for judo at the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, a man and a woman walk past the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo. Judo is coming home at the Tokyo Olympics, and the Japanese team is under a world of pressure. As if this eight-day tournament wasn’t already significant enough, the players will compete at the Nippon Budokan, the hallowed arena built for the first Olympic judo events. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Staff stand behind the Tokyo 2020 logo on the field of play for judo at the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Workers adjust a camera on the field of play for judo at the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Workers touch up next to the field of play for judo at the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A worker walks under the Tokyo 2020 logo on the field of play for judo at the Nippon Budokan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)