Osaka requests torch relay leg be called off
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Authorities in Japan鈥檚 Osaka, who have repeatedly said they want to cancel one leg of the Olympic torch relay, formally requested that the route through the western city be cancelled, a Tokyo 2020 organizing spokesperson said yesterday.
The relay, due to reach Osaka in mid-April, is seen as the first major test of Games organizers鈥 ability to hold a large event under strict coronavirus curbs. It features 10,000 runners carrying the torch through all Japan鈥檚 47 prefectures. The western metropolis of Osaka is grappling with a spike in coronavirus cases and the governor of Osaka prefecture has called for cancelling the leg that takes place in the city. The head of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, Seiko Hashimoto, said on Friday she wanted to seek an early decision on the relay, and a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said they were looking into the situation and hoped to reach a decision soon. There have been no reports so far of infections arising from the relay, which began on March 25.
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