Olympics: Okinawa, 3/11 disaster area candidates to start torch relay

Okinawa and a disaster area of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami were raised as options for the torch relay of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the games' organizing committee said Tuesday.The organizers' torch relay panel met for the fourth time on Tuesday, with an eye to draw up the concept by August for the International Olympic Committee. The relay concept for the Paralympics must be submitted to the International Paralympic Committee by February.Yukihiko Nunomura, 2020 COO, said the 18 panelists continued to discuss a number of issues such as the route and duration of the relay, which…READ FULL ARTICLE