Japan ends Olympic flame display due to COVID-19

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The Olympic flame will be removed from display in Japan, officials said Tuesday, as the country braces for a state of emergency due to the coronavirus that also forced the historic postponement of Tok

yo 2020.

But the raging pandemic prompted the first postponement of the Games in peace-time, with the opening ceremony now slated to take place on July 23, 2021. He declined to comment on where the flame will be stored, saying that organizers had no immediate plan to show it to the public and hoped to prevent people from congregating around the storage location.

 

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