WATCH: Olympic Show on the Road

OLYMPIC SHOW ON THE ROAD

The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics ran through a mostly empty Osaka City park on April 13, 2021, showing the risks of trying to hold the postponed games during a pandemic. It came on the same day that the government said new coronavirus cases in Osaka hit 1,099, a single-day record for Japan’s second largest metropolitan area. The torch relay began three weeks ago in northeastern Japan with a total of 10,000 runners crisscrossing the country and bound for the opening ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo. Osaka, Tokyo and other parts of Japan have declared “quasi-emergency” conditions until early May with bars and restaurants being asked to close by 8 p.m.

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