Data map: On February 10, local time, Tokyo, Japan, Odaiba Seaside Park displayed the Olympic rings and greeted the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
China News Service, March 6. According to Kyodo News, Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan announced on the 5th that it will cancel plans to send junior high school students to Olympia, Greece, which will hold the Tokyo Olympic flame collection ceremony on the 12th, and participate in the flame delivery on the same day. The reason was that patients with new coronary pneumonia were found near the Olympic flame collection site.
According to Inazawa, on the evening of the 4th, a notice was received from Olympia City that "a new type of coronavirus was confirmed around the city and the spread of the epidemic was feared. Therefore, schools in the vicinity were closed and sites, museums, theaters and other institutions were closed." send.
Inazawa and Olympia have become sister cities since 1987. This time, 18 junior high school students in the city originally planned to participate in the torch relay.
Tokyo Olympic Torch.
The Greek Olympic Committee just announced on the 3rd that the torch gathering ceremony, the Greek torch relay, and the 19th handover ceremony will be implemented as planned. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said on the 4th that the torch relay in Japan starting on the 26th will be implemented on the basis of measures to prevent infection.
Olympia has hosted the ancient Olympic Games with naked participation, and Inazawa is famous for its traditional naked activities. Due to the friendship between the two cities, Inazawa's junior high school students also served as torchbearers in Olympia. (Finish)