Disaster-hit Fukushima still short of 2020 Games volunteers

Fukushima Prefecture is still well short of its target for recruiting volunteers to help it stage some events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics -- a setback to its efforts to showcase its recovery from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.With the deadline for recruitment approaching at the end of this month, the northeastern prefecture, which is to host several softball and baseball games, was only a third of the way to its target of 1,500 volunteers.Of the 503 people who had applied as of early February, 70 percent were in their 40s or above, with much lower particip…READ FULL ARTICLE