Olympic torch relay kicks off in Japan

Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu, a member of Japan women's national football team, carries the Olympic torch ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during the torch relay grand start outside J-Village National Training Centre in Naraha, Fukushima.

Olympic torch bearer Yoshihide Muroya, Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, lights the celebration cauldron at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima.

Olympic torch bearer Yoshihide Muroya, Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, reacts after lighting the celebration cauldron at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima.

Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori speaks during a ceremony welcoming at Hibarigahara Festival Site during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima.

A Tokyo 2020 staff member (L) transfers the Olympic flame from the torch of Tomioka resident Momomi Kodama (C) to a lantern (R) at Tomioka Daiichi Junior High School during the first day of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games torch relay in Tomioka, Fukushima.

The celebration cauldron is lit at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima.

Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of Japan women's national football team, lights the Olympic torch on day one of the torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima.

The Olympic torch is seen at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

Japanese high school student Asato Owada carries the Olympic torch ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during the torch relay grand start outside the J-Village National Training Centre in the town of Naraha, Fukushima.

The Tokyo 2020 staff member (L) prepares to transfer the Olympic flame from the torch of Tomioka resident Momomi Kodama (R) to a lantern at Tomioka Daiichi Junior High School during the first day of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games torch relay in Tomioka, Fukushima.