The client of Chinanews.com, April 12 (Xinhua) According to Japanese media reports, after the exhibition originally planned for Fukushima was urgently stopped, the torch of the Tokyo Olympics has now been moved to a secret location for preservation. It is reported that in accordance with the relevant regulations of the International Olympic Committee, the lit Olympic torch cannot be extinguished before the closing of the current Olympic Games. Affected by the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics has been postponed for a year, and the closing ceremony will be held on the evening of August 8, 2021.
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Kyodo News reported that due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the Tokyo Olympics and the postponement to next summer, the Japan Olympic Organizing Committee is tasked with keeping the Olympic flame in the next year. According to the relevant regulations of the International Olympic Committee, the torch as a symbol of the Olympic Games must be burned to the end of the Olympic Games, so it needs to be kept strictly. The report quoted a source from the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee as saying that the place to keep the Olympic flame is "top secret."
Like the postponed Tokyo Olympics, the Tokyo Olympic Torch is equally fortunate. The Tokyo Olympic Torch was collected by sunlight at the ancient Olympia site in Greece on March 12 local time, and arrived in Japan on the 20th. However, in view of the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the torch relay and exhibition plans have all been stranded.
The report also pointed out that around the Olympic torch, a proposal was to exhibit in the mountains and other places outside the original torch relay route to help local development. A related person said, "Although it is a good attempt, we must first pay attention to the epidemic." (End)