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Japan's Fukuoka prefecture to cancel Olympic torch relay: report

Japan's Fukuoka prefecture will cancel its Olympic torch relay, Kyodo News agency reported on Friday.It would be a first for a whole prefecture not to have runners participate in the event, the repor

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Olympic torch relay through Osaka to be canceled

Torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics on public streets through Osaka City to be canceled.

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Japan to tighten anti-COVID measures ahead of Olympic Games

Japanese government is planning to allow Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures to tighten their anti-COVID restrictions with just four months before the Tokyo Olympics, reported Kyodo News Agency on Th

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Tokyo 2020 to prioritize safety and security at Olympic Torch Relay

Japan's women footballers, champions of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, carry the Olympic Torch as the first torchbearers at the J-Village in Fukushima, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP "Today, we

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay starts in Fukushima

The celebration cauldron is lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 25, 2021. /AP The torch relay of the Tokyo 202

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay starts in Fukushima

The celebration cauldron is lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 25, 2021. /AP The torch relay of the Tokyo 202

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Tokyo 2020 confirms Olympic torch relay to begin as scheduled

The torch relay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will begin as scheduled on March 25 in Fukushima, the organizers confirmed on Monday.

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Tokyo 2020: No decision yet on foreign spectators

A decision has not been reached on whether to allow foreign spectators to watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said on Thursday, denying media

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More than 30 torchbearers drop out of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay

00:45 More than 30 torchbearers, including several celebrities, dropped out of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which is set to begin on March 25.

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China unveils Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics torch

China on Thursday unveiled the official relay torch for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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Tokyo 2020 Games: Organizing committee chief dismisses postponement

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori dismissed speculations of a possible postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday, adding that a final decision could be expected before th

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Hong Kong-Macao entrepreneur Stanley Ho passes away at 98

Hong Kong-Macao entrepreneur Stanley Ho Hung-sun passed away in Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 98, his family announced. Ho died at around 1:00 p.m. loca

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Olympic flame to be kept in Tokyo

The Olympic flame will be displayed in Fukushima for a month before being kept in Tokyo, local reports said on Sunday. Japanese broadcaster NHK said that the flame, which arrived in Japan from Athen

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No spectators at 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch-lighting ceremony

Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Olympia, Greece, October 24, 2017. /VCG The lighting ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame will be held wi

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No spectators at 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch-lighting ceremony

Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Olympia, Greece, October 24, 2017. /VCG The lighting ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame will be held wi

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Tokyo steps up measures to protect Olympics torch relay participants

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee told the press on Wednesday that it had stepped up its measures to protect the health of runners and spectators for the tor

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Olympic flame arrives in Paju, near DPRK-ROK border<br>

TheOlympicFlamearrivedatPajuneartheborderbetweentheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andtheRepublicofKorea(ROK)earlieronFridayonday80ofthetorchrelay.Pajuis