Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo A leg of the torch relay on Okinawa's resort island of Miyakojima has been canceled with cases surging in Japan. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:40 AM EDT May 1, 2021 The Tokyo Olympics torch relay will take another detour this weekend when it enters the southern island of Okinawa. A leg of the relay on Okinawa's resort island of Miyakojima set for Sunday has been canceled altogether with cases surging in Japan. Other legs on Okinawa will take place. A 17-day state of emergency went into effect on April 25 in some areas in Japan, which has shut down department stores and bars in Tokyo and the country's second largest metropolis of Osaka.