The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay will be held on the 18th and 2nd day in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, all relays on public roads will be stopped and only the torch ignition ceremony will be held on the 17th.

The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay will be held on the 18th and 2nd day in Hiroshima Prefecture.



Following the 17th, all relays on public roads will be canceled, and only the torch ignition ceremony will be held from 1:00 pm at the Fukuyama City General Gymnasium, which was scheduled to be the goal point of the torch relay.



The ceremony will be held without the general public, and the runners who were scheduled to run on the second day will participate and run about 30 meters per person around the gymnasium to connect the torch.



The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Internet.