Atsushi Muramatsu’s handmade flyers are the size of a business card, written in several languages.
“Welcome to Miyagi Stadium,” one reads. “The gymnasium next door was the largest morgue for tsunami victims.
”Over a decade after the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, the Tokyo Games were supposed to offer a chance to showcase how much has been rebuilt.
They were even billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games”, and the Olympic torch relay started from Fukushima prefecture, the heart of the nuclear disaster area.
Muramatsu showing the business-card size flyers he made to express gratitude for support from overseas which he hands out to foreign media covering the 2020 Summer Olympics at Miyagi Stadium, where he is serving as a volunteer.
Olympic volunteers strive to tell their earthquake stories in Japan
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Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu poses for a photo in front of Sekisui Heim Super Arena, which was used as a morgue after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The arena is situated next to Miyagi Stadium, which is being used for soccer matches during the Tokyo Olympics, where he is serving as a volunteer. Photo: AP/Chisato Tanaka tokyo 2020 olympics
Olympic volunteers strive to tell their 2011 disaster stories Today 06:15 am JST Today | 06:47 am JST RIFU, Miyagi
Atsushi Muramatsu s handmade flyers are the size of a business card, written in several languages. “Welcome to Miyagi Stadium, one reads. The gymnasium next door was the largest morgue for tsunami victims.”
Olympic volunteers strive to share stories of 3/11 disaster
CHISATO TANAKA, Associated Press
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1of11Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu shows business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas, during an interview with The Associated Press in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. He made the flyers to hand out to foreign media covering the 2020 Summer Olympics at Miyagi Stadium, where he is serving as a volunteer.Chisato Tanaka/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Olympic 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