Tokyo 2020 Torch As the Olympic Torch Relay for Tokyo 2020 begins, ASIJ students have an opportunity to see the torch up close on campus.
The road to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, more commonly known as Tokyo 2020, has not been smooth, but the launch of the Olympic Torch Relay on March 25 this year marked a crucial step in preparing for this summer’s events. Scheduled to coincide with the cherry blossom season in Japan the torch relay has the concept of “Hope Lights Our Way” — a fitting theme for current times and the aspirations of the organizers of the games. On March 31 this year current parent Yugo Kanazawa, who works for Lixil Corporation — one of the five companies that collaborated on the production of the 2020 torch — held the Olympic Flame aloft and ran with it as part of the relay. The Kanazawa family then generously offered ASIJ the chance for the torch to come to campus for an extended period of time so that it could go on display and be featured in several activities at school.
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