Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu (right in foreground), a member of the Japanese women's national football team, passes the Olympic flame to high school student Asato Owada during the torch relay grand start in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP

A torchbearer and local staff pose for a photograph in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (L) speaks at the ceremony marking the start of the Olympic torch relay in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP

Local torchbearer Mahiro Abe, 19, waits for the Olympic flame in the first section of the torch route in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP

The Olympic rings are seen behind cherry blossoms at Tokyo's Daiba waterfront area a day before the torch relay starts, March 24, 2021. /CFP

Japanese high school student Asato Owada carries an Olympic torch during the torch relay grand start in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP

Performers at the torch relay grand start ceremony in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. /CFP