Staff writer

OSAKA -- Nearly 75 percent of respondents to a recent city-sponsored survey are not interested in volunteering as interpreters or translators if Osaka hosts the 2008 Olympics.

And while more than 90 percent of local residents know that Osaka has won the Japanese Olympic Committee bid, support for Osaka's effort seems less than enthusiastic. The survey was conducted between Aug. 13 and 16 by Dentsu Corp. at the request of the Osaka city government after the JOC chose Osaka over Yokohama to be Japan's candidate city for the Olympics.