TOKYO (Reuters) - Authorities in Japan's Osaka will discuss plans on Friday with organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Games to cancel the western region's leg of the Olympic torch relay, its governor said, to avert a clash with measures to curb a spate of virus infections.
The 121-day relay, set to touch Osaka in mid-April, is seen as the first major test of Games organisers' ability to hold a large event under strict coronavirus curbs. It features 10,000 runners carrying the torch through 47 prefectures.
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