Isamu Suzuki, a 73-year-old restaurant chef, is looking forward to watching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. When the games were last in town in 1964 he didn't get to watch any of the events — he was too busy feeding the athletes.

"Back then, I had no time to watch the games, but I want to watch them live this time," he said during a recent interview. "I also want to see the kitchens in the (2020 Olympic) village."

Suzuki was 24 in 1964. Although only a trainee chef, he was asked to work in the kitchens in the Olympic Village because of a shortage of cooks.