Tokyo Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima - ARAB TIMES
Messenger TOKYO, May 11, (AP): The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan barely 10 weeks before the opening ceremony. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki said that a ceremony next week without the relay is likely to still take place. This is at least the sixth change to the relay – from rerouting to cancellation – in the last several weeks. Organizers warned before the relay began that changes and delays were expected in the face of the pandemic. “It is certain there will be no relay on public streets since we ar...