The statement Japan made by starting their Olympics torch relay for the Tokyo Games in Fukushima - an area hit hard by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster - could not be missed on Thursday. With organisers billing the Games as the ‘Recovery Olympics,’ a nod to the disaster as well as the pandemic, the relay began its four-month journey on a low key even as Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto struck an optimistic note to overcome the crisis and stage the Games. “For the past year, as the entire world underwent a difficult period, the Olympic flame was kept alive quietly but powerfully,” Hashimoto said at the opening ceremony, which was closed to spectators. “The small flame di
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