Organisers of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have announced plans to start the recruitment of 80,000 volunteers in September.

Tokyo 2020 published its outline guide for applying to be a volunteer today and plan to receive applications from September to December this year.

They have, however, warned that only those who are deemed capable of handling the workload will be taken on. Candidates must be born before April 1, 2002, be available to take part in training and have either Japanese citizenship or eligible to reside in Japan.

The outline also states that candidates must have “passion” and “be able to carry out their job to completion”.

Tokyo 2020 director general Toshirō Mutō said: “We want to make sure that they take their jobs seriously, and also that they have the desire to do it because we are looking for those volunteers to continue to work for a minimum of 10 days.