Hitomi Kuroki, an actor from Fukuoka Prefecture, has decided to decline the torchbearer who was scheduled to serve in Fukuoka Prefecture in May at the Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay.
The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay will start in Fukushima Prefecture on the 25th, and in Fukuoka Prefecture, approximately 200 runners will run in 20 cities, towns and villages over the two days of May 11th and 12th.
According to the prefecture, Mr. Kuroki suggested that it would be difficult to take measures to prevent infection, such as avoiding crowded conditions along the road, if the person himself runs on the torch relay, and he declined the torch runner. That is.
The prefecture says, "I can only say that I am sorry for being a symbolic person in Fukuoka prefecture."