Torch Relay “Implementation with a torch even on a new schedule” Aichi manufacturer March 25, 20:49
With the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for about one year, the company in Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture, hopes that the torch torch that it was engaged in manufacturing will reach many people even at the torch relay held on a new schedule .
"Shin Fuji Burner", an outdoor equipment manufacturer located in Toyokawa, is involved in the production of torches used in torch relays, and is responsible for the part of the burner that catches fire.
The torch relay has been changed to a form in which the torch is used once and a lantern with a torch is put on a car without using a torch due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
However, the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for about one year has been decided, and the torch relay has been renewed in a form that basically maintains the national route of about 10,000 torch runners over 121 days. Will be done.
"We hope that the torch torch we have worked on will be the light of hope and reach many people," said Akira Yamamoto, president of the company involved in the production of the torch.