suzanne de richardson, reports the bullet train has been speeding passengers around japan for more than 50 years. also a direct link back to when the olympics 1st visited the country's capital. the trains launch coincided with a $960.00 full tokyo gangs. at that time, the lympics with a perfect platform to highlight japan's political and economic rebirth back in 1964 when we had the olympics in tokyo last time it was showing the world that we are now out of the doldrums of the world. we're to and we're starting a new new nation here. we come. a 90 minute train, right? north of tokyo is book ashima. an area is still synonymous with the nuclear disaster of a decade ago. around $20000.00 people died in the earthquake and c normally cause the nuclear meltdown at the folk. ashima plant. the health care big thing, so the 2020 lympics as the recovery gains in the spirit of 1964, the decision to bring baseball and softball games. the focus shima was aimed showcasing the areas reconstruction efforts. while the lympics did come to focus shima, the world didn't. corona virus meant no funds were al