Tokyo Paralympic flame created as games approach amid COVID worries

Tokyo Paralympic flames lit across Japan were united in the host city on Friday, four days ahead of the opening of the biggest event for athletes with disabilities amid continued worries over coronavirus infections."We will do everything possible toward the success of the games," Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said at a ceremony in the front garden of Akasaka Palace, a neo-baroque state guest house, held hours after the torch relay began quietly behind closed doors in the capital.Attended by International Paralympic Committee chief Andrew Parsons and other representatives of the organizers, the fl…READ FULL ARTICLE