FEATURE: Tokyo Olympic torch relay to provide cultural showcase amid pandemic

The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics, beginning in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday, will showcase Japan's culture, history and landscapes as the coronavirus-weary nation gears up for the opening of the games in late July.The flame, lit in Greece last year before the one-year postponement of the games, will travel through all Japan's 47 prefectures, with some of the roughly 10,000 torchbearers set to participate in various ways, with some skiing, being dragged behind a horse or even using centuries-old Japanese swimming techniques.The starting point of the 121-day rela…READ FULL ARTICLE