By RYOSUKE SAKASEGAWA/ Staff Writer
July 9, 2021 at 07:30 JST
Carl Lewis, third from left, set an unofficial record of 9.80 seconds, with a tailwind of 4.3 meters per second, in the second qualifying round for the men’s 100-meters in the world track and field championship at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 1991. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
