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Olympic torch reaches Tokyo
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09.07.2021 | 14:09
The Tokyo segment of the Olympic torch relay started this morning with a small ceremony, a day after organizers decided to stage the games without spectators.
Two weeks before the Olympics is due to begin, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attended a ceremony with little fanfare for the passing of the torch at Komazawa Olympic Park.
Outside, a small group of protesters who want the Games cancelled stood with signs, microphones and trumpets.
They could be heard inside the stadium as the ceremony took place. He relay began in March in northeastern Japan but has faced multiple detours and was scaled back due to coronavirus restrictions.
That has included pulling some stages of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay off public roads of the Japanese capital. At times, it has been run only in public park spaces.
The original plan was for the relay to finish on July 23 when the flame would be used to light the Olympic Cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
