THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 23, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Olympic torchbearers mark the end of 121-day relay on July 23 at the metropolitan government’s building in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
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