Tokyo 2020 holds torch relay rehearsal

A man acting as torch bearer prepare to run from starting point during a rehearsal of part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Hamura, outskirts of Tokyo, Japan February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

HAMURA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts of the capital.

Ishihara's handover in Hamura City formed part of a dress rehearsal for Tokyo 2020 organisers, who mimicked three legs of the relay that will last for 121 days in the build up to the Olympics that begin on July 24.