Distinct torch relay to carry Paralympic flame across Japan

Flame-lighting festivals for the Tokyo Paralympic torch relay will take place in more than 880 municipalities across Japan in August to build momentum toward the world's biggest sporting event for disabled athletes, the local organizing committee said Wednesday.The Tokyo Paralympics will employ a unique torch relay system uniting flames lit in Stoke Mandeville, England -- the spiritual birthplace of the Paralympic movement -- and in the municipalities of the host country.The journey is distinct to that of the Olympic flame, lit in the birthplace of the ancient and modern Olympics in Greece.…READ FULL ARTICLE