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Tokyo Olympic torch relay to pass through Japan’s disaster-hit areas

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The 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay will commence on March 26 in disaster-hit Fukushima and pass through other areas in north-east Japan devastated…
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay will commence on March 26 in disaster-hit Fukushima and pass through other areas in north-east Japan devastated by the 2011 tsunami, organizers said Saturday.
The Olympic flame will begin its journey around Japan at the J-Village sports training center in Fukushima that housed workers battling to remove radioactive waste after the nuclear crisis triggered by the killer tsunami.
It will then cross all of Japan’s 47 prefectures, traveling to 857 municipalities, and pass by many iconic landmarks over a period of 121 days.

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