Tokyo Olympic torch relay starts quietly in Fukushima amid COVID-19 fears

The torch relay for this summer's Tokyo Olympics started Thursday in a quiet atmosphere, going first through towns most affected by a nuclear meltdown a decade ago in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, amid public health worries over the coronavirus.The opening ceremony of the nationwide relay at the J-Village soccer training center was held without spectators as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, a year since the Olympics and Paralympics were pushed back for the same reason.About 10,000 torchbearers will run through 859 municipalities in all of Japan's 47 prefec…READ FULL ARTICLE