The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

After the end of the second world war Fred Wada Isamu Osawa an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles One day Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship and offers his family Several months later Kiyokawa Mitsuishi the Japanese swimming teams coach and the swimmers Hashizume Katsuji Furubashi Nakao and others arrive in the United States The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records It is joyous news for Japan Several years later Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji Nishida Toshiyuki the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics