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Email communications from Olympics organizers are also sharply down compared with this time last year, volunteers say.

By this time last year he was re-arranging work and booking travel to Tokyo — concerns magnified for overseas volunteers that Claire Dawn-Marie Gittens, 39 and a Rio Games volunteer returning for the Games, understands. If the Olympics do take place, they may be muted compared with the fun many volunteers anticipated. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. Hashimoto said she felt that public opinion was changing as Japan's initially slow vaccination campaign began to pick up pace. Japan has been relatively unscathed compared to many other countries, with some 13, deaths officially recorded since the beginning of However, only 2.

The first Olympic team - softball players from Australia - arrived in Japan on Tuesday and will train in the city of Ota, about kilometres northwest of Tokyo. But in a sign of the difficulties faced by the organisers, a member of Ghana's U21 football team tested positive on arrival in Japan for a friendly match late on Wednesday night, according to the Japanese Football Association.

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Choose your subscription. Trial Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT. There is a wide variety of Games volunteering opportunities to suit all interests, backgrounds and levels of experience. Everybody can apply from early , whether they are in education, employed, retired or have a disability. Y ou can sign up to the Paris Club for all the latest news between now and then.

The Olympic and Paralympic volunteers will have a major role to play at all official Games venues and locations to assist participants and Games stakeholders as well as to greet and orientate spectators at venues open to the public. While all volunteers will be required to be able to speak fluent French or English, certain opportunities will require additional skills or qualifications. Transport participants and authorised stakeholders in light vehicles between official Paris venues and locations.

Assist medical staff at competition venues and provide first aid or basic healthcare where necessary. The Olympic and Paralympic volunteering charter is a document produced by Paris in collaboration with state authorities. The charter outlines the rights, duties, guaranties, types of duties and problem-solving procedures that apply to volunteers at the Paris Games.