With the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics headed to Tokyo, many see the next seven years as a chance to revive the nation's moribund economy.
Expectations are rising in a number of industries, not only construction, tourism and sporting goods — the usual beneficiaries — but also security, translation and even towel making.
Hosting the games will motivate people, especially children and teens who might have a chance to partake in them as Olympians, an employee at major sporting goods maker Mizuno Corp. said.