Tokyo Olympic torch relay to still traverse Japan's 47 prefectures
The Tokyo Games organizing committee confirmed Tuesday that the domestic leg of next year's Olympic torch relay will pass through 859 municipalities across Japan's 47 prefectures, the same as planned before the games were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers revealed in a press ...
Japan mulls keeping celebrities out of Olympic torch relay to control crowds
The Japanese government is considering a scheme to exclude celebrities from running in next year's Olympic torch relay in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection from roadside crowds coming to see them, a source with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday. Some are ...
The Olympic flame for the postponed Tokyo Games will go on a 14-prefecture tour from next month ahead of the scheduled start of the torch relay in March, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Tuesday. The flame will first go on public display ...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay to start March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture
The Olympic flame was lit earlier this year at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece and arrived in Japan four days before the games were postponed on March 24.
The Tokyo Games organizing committee said Thursday they are considering simplifying the ceremonies celebrating the arrival of the Olympic flame along its route across Japan during the torch relay next summer. Organizers intend to consult with each of the 47 prefectures aiming to keep only ...
As a torch relay runner for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, second year junior high school student Teppei Miyata had planned to run near the Aso Bridge in his village in Kumamoto Prefecture, which collapsed during the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Then the games ...
'Phantom Olympian' Kenichi Chida staying optimistic despite Tokyo Games postponement
When Tokyo won the rights to host the 2020 Summer Games in 2013, retired top fencer Kenichi Chida was determined to find a role to play, having been one of the "phantom athletes" who never made it to the boycotted 1980 Games in Moscow. Born ...
Tsunami-hit Miyagi city waits patiently for Olympics to showcase revival
Every Sunday morning, a decades-old market in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with local residents and tourists making their way down narrow aisles and checking out a variety of fresh seafood. The bustling market in the Yuriage district of Natori has become part of the small ...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay canceled following postponement of games
The Japan leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, scheduled to begin Thursday, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, said Tuesday. The move comes after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President ...
Olympic torchbearers recall 1964 with pride as 2020 relay set to be scrapped
Even though it was 56 years ago, Kazuo Goto still vividly remembers his pride as he carried the Olympic flame on the last day of the torch relay when Tokyo hosted the Games in 1964. But with the coronavirus threatening the Olympic Games themselves, the ...
Tokyo Olympic flame set to be carried by car due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Tokyo Games Organising Committee plans to transport the Olympic flame in a lantern by car instead of having it carried by torchbearers when the Japan leg of the torch relay starts later in the week, sources said Tuesday. The torch relay will be held ...
Like 'a canary in a coal mine': Olympic torch relay could foreshadow postponement of Tokyo Games
The relay will begin its long journey through Japan this week even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the Tokyo 2020 Games.
