Hiroyasu Shimizu

Ai Fukuhara

Beginning in the Daiba waterfront area on Tokyo Bay in the morning, the torch arrived at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku a little before 6:30 p.m.

Former professional baseball player Kazushige Nagashima was the first torch bearer while teenage table tennis player Ai Fukuhara, who will represent Japan at the Athens Olympics, was the last.

The Japan Times Weekly: June 12, 2004
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