Aug 20 (Kyodo) - Tokyo Olympic organizers have settled on preserving the torch relay schedule developed for 2020 to be used in next year's postponed games, officials with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.
The relay, which was to start from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26 this year until the Games were postponed two days earlier, will still last 121 days and traverse all 47 prefectures.
The Olympics were to open on July 24, 2020, until the novel coronavirus made staging them this year unfeasible. The opening ceremony is now scheduled to take place next July 23.
As such, the relay will likely start on March 25 from the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture.
