THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 16, 2019 at 18:45 JST
A group of runners in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics torch relay is headed from Uno Port to the Japanese National Railways’ Uno Station in Okayama Prefecture on Sept. 21, 1964. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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