No spectators at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Games organizing committee said Monday the Olympic torch relay's opening ceremony on March 25 will be held without spectators in the northeastern Fukushima Prefecture to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.The ceremony at the J-Village soccer training center, which was a frontline base to manage the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will only be attended by the event's participants and invitees to avoid large crowds forming.The number of those attending from Tokyo, under the extended state of emergency over the virus through March 21, …READ FULL ARTICLE