THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2021 at 18:10 JST
Aki Taguchi, right, a former Japanese Paralympian shooter, hands the lantern with the Olympic flame to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike at a ceremony behind closed doors in Tokyo on July 9. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Amid cloudy skies and chants of anti-Games protesters, the Tokyo Olympic torch relay started its homestretch in Tokyo on July 9. [Read More]
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