Asian Games: Hiroshima hosts flame-lighting event for torch relay

A flame-lighting ceremony for the torch relay of the upcoming Asian Games was staged in Hiroshima on Thursday, following a similar event in Tokyo earlier this week.Hiroshima Mayor Mazumi Matsui drew the ceremonial flame from the Flame of Peace at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which commemorates the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.Hajime Moriyasu, manager of the Japan men's football team, was among the attendees at the event.Moriyasu is one of the most high-profile sporting figures associated with Hiroshima, having spent much of his playing career with J.League first-divi…READ FULL ARTICLE