THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 13, 2021 at 18:18 JST
Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke serves as the first torchbearer of an alternative Olympic torch relay at the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on April 13. (Eriko Kai)
SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--The first Olympic torchbearer took off at 9:15 a.m. on April 13 along a sealed-off alternative course here set up to replace an event on public roads that was scrapped due to the prefecture's recent spike in COVID-19 cases. [Read More]
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