As Tokyo gets set to host the Olympics and Paralympics after 2020's false start, a multitude of behind-the-scenes players have long been exercising their minds to ensure a gold-standard games. We meet some of the unsung stars, from engineers to volunteers, who are determined to make the games a success -- even if many Japanese people remain cautious about the event taking place at all.
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Meet the unsung stars determined to make the Olympics a success
From engineers to volunteers, behind-the-scenes players rise to the occasion
Tomohisa Moridaira poses with Miraitowa, left, and Someity, the mechanical mascots developed by his team at Toyota.
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