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TORCH RELAY

Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ?1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
OLYMPICS
Jul 14, 2024
She¡¯s paying ?1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
While news sites have suggested that being a volunteer is a way to attend the Games for ¡°free,¡± that doesn¡¯t apply to international volunteers like Mai Tarumi.
The Olympic flame sits on board the Belem as the boat sails near the coast of Marseille, France, on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2024
Olympic flame arrives on French soil for 2024 Paris Games
¡°It marks the end of preparations, the Games arrive in the life of the French people,¡± French President Emmanuel Macron said.
A acting torch bearer participates in a torch relay test in Troyes, France, on March 22.
OLYMPICS
Apr 15, 2024
Paris¡¯ Olympic flame to be lit in Greece
Spectators will be able to attend the torch relay events for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 31, 2023
Paris Olympics torch relay will involve 10,000 runners
There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic organizers announced on Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 5, 2021
World¡¯s oldest person pulls out of Olympic torch relay due to COVID-19 concerns
Kane Tanaka, who was awarded a Guinness World Record, was slated to be one of the relay participants in Fukuoka, which will start on May 11.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympic torch staffer becomes event¡¯s 1st COVID-19 infection
A police officer helping with Â鶹´«Ã½ Olympic Torch relay has become the first participant in the event to be diagnosed with COVID-19, organizers said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2021
Organizers celebrate 100 days until problem-plagued Tokyo Games
Countless controversial elements regarding restrictions on spectator attendance and the priority vaccination of competing athletes, among others, remain undecided.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2021
Nadeshiko Japan hero Homare Sawa to miss Tokyo Olympic torch relay
Homare Sawa, the most valuable player and top goal scorer of the World Cup in Germany, is dealing with a long-term condition affecting her inner ear and will not run in the relay.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 20, 2021
Torch relay struggles highlight hurdles for pandemic Olympics
The withdrawal by Paralympian Rina Akiyama and more than a dozen celebrities from the relay, which starts Thursday, underscores the challenges facing organizers.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 16, 2021
Nahomi Kawasumi confirms she won¡¯t take part in torch relay
Former Nadeshiko Japan veteran Nahomi Kawasumi has confirmed she will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay this month after deciding to withdraw from the event last year due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 11, 2021
Olympic torchbearer aiming to remind the world of 2011 disaster
Kenichi Kurosawa survived the earthquake and tsunami, and has been constantly encouraging his neighbors to stay strong ever since.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2021
Virus concerns loom for Japan with Olympic torch relay a month away
The relay begins March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture and what¡¯s normally a time of excitement and hope ahead of an Olympics will instead be held under the shadow of a pandemic.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2021
Shimane governor threatens to cancel participation in Olympic torch relay
The remarks could create a political domino effect among other local governors worried about their own ability to respond to increased infections if the Tokyo Games go forward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2021
Dream of running Olympic torch relay now prompts feelings of guilt for Japan doctor
The Olympic torch relay is set to begin on March 25, even though Tokyo and nine other prefectures are set to remain under a state of emergency through March 7.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2021
No Plan B: Â鶹´«Ã½ sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics
Sponsors also worry that organizers have not told them what contingency plans there are in case the pandemic derails the games again this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Apr 18, 2020
Delay to games, while frustrating, may allow Kumamoto runner to showcase Aso Bridge rebuilt after earthquakes
As a torch relay runner for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, second year junior high school student Teppei Miyata had planned to run near the Aso Bridge in his village in Kumamoto Prefecture, which collapsed during the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Then the games were postponed to next summer, due...
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2020
Like ¡®a canary in a coal mine¡¯: Olympic torch relay could foreshadow postponement of Tokyo Games
The relay will begin its long journey through Japan this week even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2020
Starting the Olympic torch relay in Fukushima should remind us of the dangers of nuclear power
Regardless of who we cheer for at the Olympics Games, nuclear power does not deserve our applause.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020
Olympic torch relay faces cool welcome from nuclear evacuees in Fukushima No. 1 town
Dressed in protective plastic coveralls and white boots, Yuji Onuma stood in front of the row of derelict buildings that included his house, and sighed as he surveyed his old neighborhood.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2018
Torch relay for 2020 Summer Games to start in Fukushima Prefecture
The Tokyo Organising Committee president said it will symbolize the region¡¯s recovery, and offer a chance to show gratitude for the global support received after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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