“Welcome to Miyagi Stadium,” one reads. 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. Olympic volunteer Onuma talking about her experiences of the 2011 earthquake at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan. On March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9.0 quake sent a tsunami that triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. “I want to pass on the message to the next generation that we have received so much support from overseas, and we shall never forget that support,” Muramatsu said.
