In this March 4, 2020, photo, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee's Yoshiro Mori, listens to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo. The Olympic Games are under threat from a spreading virus from China that has reached the pandemic stage. The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, March 6, 2020, said organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony in Japan for the Olympic torch on March 20 because of the spreading coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
March 6, 2020
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March 6, 2020 5:49 a.m.
Tokyo organizers downsize arrival ceremony for Olympic torch
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony for the Olympic torch because of the spreading coronavirus.