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RELAY

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 27, 2019
Over 530,000 applications received from torchbearer-hopefuls for the Tokyo 2020 relay
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Thursday it received a total of 535,717 applications from people hoping to be torchbearers in the buildup to the games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 17, 2019
First round of applications for Tokyo 2020 torch relay opens
Applications for members of the public wishing to run in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay opened Monday via a promotion organized by Coca-Cola (Japan) Co.
OLYMPICS
Jun 10, 2019
Coca-Cola seeks "group runner" for 2020 torch relay
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. said Monday it is looking for a group of up to 10 people to participate together in the torch relay of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when it opens its application process next week.
OLYMPICS
Jun 1, 2019
2020 torch relay to pass historic sites
The organizing committee of the 2020 Games said Saturday the Tokyo Olympics' torch relay will pass through major Japanese landmarks, including World Heritage sites and areas devastated by recent natural disasters.
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2019
Japan leg of 2020 Olympics torch relay to start at J-Village in Fukushima
The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will likely start at a soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture that was used as an operational base for dealing with the 2011 nuclear crisis, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2018
Run Tomo event takes steps toward building a dementia-inclusive Japan
As scorching heat shimmered off the tarmac and licked at runners' sun-kissed faces, an elated crowd erupted into deafening cheers Sunday morning in the city of Chiba at the stroke of 10.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2018
Torch relay for 2020 Summer Games to start in Fukushima Prefecture
The Tokyo Organising Committee president said it will symbolize the region's recovery, and offer a chance to show gratitude for the global support received after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 17, 2017
Japan sprinters hungry for greater success
Another medal-earning feat by the Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London was certainly an encouraging sign, and now it hopes to achieve its ultimate goal: winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 15, 2017
Relay team proud of 4x100 bronze
The Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team stunned the world when it captured the silver medal at last summer's Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2017
Run for it: Tokyo kicks off 2020 countdown with 1,000-km relay, Olympic medalists
A 1,000-km citizens' relay from Aomori Prefecture to Tokyo kicked off Monday as part of several events marking the three-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2017
Tokyo Olympic torch relay tasked with uniting disaster-hit regions
With the 2020 Tokyo Games dubbed the Olympics to help reconstruct disaster-hit regions, torch relay organizers are tasked with providing a genuine sense of involvement for people still finding their way back to normality.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016
Bolt completes triple-triple with Jamaica's gold in 4x100 relay; Japan makes history by taking silver
Japan came close to sabotaging Usain Bolt's bid for Olympic immortality but settled for a first-ever silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2013
Tohoku-Tokyo 1,000-km relay ends
A 1,040-km relay involving more than 700 runners and bicyclists ended Wednesday in Tokyo after the participants passed through areas in the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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