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The Tokyo Olympic Organizers announced on Thursday that the Torch Relay for the 2020 Games will begin in Fukushima on March 26, 2020.
The plan was approved at a meeting attended by the most senior officials of the metropolitan government. Fukushima, one of the three prefectures in northeastern Japan hardest hit by the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 2011.
"Fukushima being the starting point for the torch relay, the relay will be a symbol of "Said Masayoshi Yoshino, Japan's Minister of Reconstruction after Disasters
" We want to use this as a global showcase for Japan's recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake. "[19659002] The organizers planned to launch the 121-day sacred flame relay in the areas affected by the disaster or in Okinawa Prefecture, the starting point of the Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay. 1969.
The torch will visit the 47 prefectures of Japan and will end on July 24, 2020 with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
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