Olympics: 2020 torch relay to be about 130 days long: organizing committee chief

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said Tuesday that the 2020 torch relay will require about 130 days.Speaking after a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, Mori said it would require that much time to wind through Japan's 47 prefectures. The International Olympic Committee has asked that the torch relay be completed within 100 days."At this juncture we're concerned with how to take it through the entire Tokyo metropolitan region, from the islands to the Tama district," Mori said. "I asked for a thorough examination."The Tokyo organizing committee has set…READ FULL ARTICLE