
The Olympic flame starts its final leg to Tokyo. Some suggest this day should never have come
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It was meant to be a curtain-raiser for thousands of sports fans, a celebration of Japan's recovery from nuclear disaster 10 years ago that would showcase a country emerging strongly from years of economic gloom.
But the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Fukushima was closed to the public on Thursday, as members of Japan's women's football team prepared to kick off the flame's 121-day domestic journey to Tokyo. Amid the pandemic, anyone not among the 300 invited participants and officials could only watch a livestream of the event at Fukushima's J-Village National Training Center.
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