The Japanese government said it would use the Tokyo Olympics to help rebuild the disaster-stricken areas, but the mayor of the disaster-stricken areas said he had not received a dime in aid.

According to media reports, the mayor of a city in northeastern Japan hosting the Olympics said that their city did not receive funding from the Japanese government, which had previously promised to use the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to help rebuild the region.

The Japanese government and organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics hope to use the Games to showcase Japan's recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. As a result, several events at the Tokyo Olympics, including football and baseball, will be held in northeastern Japan.

But with less than a year to go until the opening ceremony, Yutaka Kumagai, the mayor of Rifu Town in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, said that his city does not receive funding from the Japanese government.

"Rifu Town does not receive help from the government, nor does it receive any budget, nothing." Yutaka Kumagai said: "The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are said to be a symbol of reconstruction, but when it comes to the budget, we Rifu Kumagai made the comments during a media tour of Miyagi Stadium, a 49,000-seat facility that will host the men's and women's 2020 Olympics. football match.

According to the Japan Reconstruction Agency, as of August, approximately 50,000 people were still displaced in Tohoku.

Yoshiaki Suda, the mayor of Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, agrees with Kumagai, the mayor of Rifu Town. Like Rifu Town, Onagawa Town is a coastal city that has suffered severe damage.

"We don't get any subsidies from the Japanese government, not even one yen." Su Tian said: "Whatever we do for the venue, whatever we do for the hospitality of the Olympics, we have to do it ourselves. "

Some media reported that the Olympics had hampered reconstruction efforts by forcing local workers to leave the area to help with Tokyo's construction.

Japan is one of the most earthquake- and tsunami-prone regions in the world. On March 11, 2011, a tsunami caused by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake at sea caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. At the same time, the earthquake and tsunami also severely damaged the coastal areas of northeastern Japan and claimed the lives of more than 18,000 people.

Tokyo’s bid to win the right to host the Olympics in 2013 estimated a total cost of about $7.5 billion, but according to reports, Japan will spend about $20 billion to prepare for hosting the Games.

This summer, a group of anti-Olympic activists from outside Japan held smaller protests and other events under the slogan "No Olympics." They oppose Olympic spending, saying the games cut into Japan's budget on housing and environmental issues.

They also called for more funds to be spent on rebuilding Fukushima prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Event organizers say Fukushima is the main focus of the Olympics and will host baseball, softball and soccer games in an effort to convince the world it is safe there.

Organizers of Japan's Tokyo Olympics face a series of obstacles as they prepare to host the games.

In August this year, Tokyo's hot summer forced the Olympic women's triathlon qualifying event to be shortened because the high temperature may affect next year's competition.

Earlier this year, Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda was forced to resign after he was implicated in a bribery scandal. Takeda denied wrongdoing but admitted he signed the contract for about $2 million. Previously, French investigators had accused him of using money to buy votes.