adminNAGOYA, Oct 10 (Bernama-Kyodo) — The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games torch relay started Saturday, ahead of the opening ceremony on Oct 18, with around 3,000 athletes from more than 40 countries and regions expected to compete, Kyodo News reported.
Yoshimi Kaji, who represented Japan in canoeing at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, became the first runner in her hometown of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture.
The torch relay is scheduled to run through several cities in the central Japan prefecture, including Kariya and Inuyama.
Flames collected from 31 municipalities across Aichi will be combined on Thursday in Nagoya, before the torch relay finishes at Meijo Park in the centre of the capital city.
For the week-long event, 18 sports, including Para athletics and Para swimming, will be contested in Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures.
— BERNAMA-KYODO
