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Amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus) scare, the Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday. The reception of the flame was scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic that has cast doubt over the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Former Japanese Olympians Saori Yoshida and Tadahiro Nomura collected the flame from the aircraft and took it to a cauldron in the shape of a cherry blossom on a stage in front of selected guests.
The Tokyo 2020 Go, a chartered aircraft carrying the flame, landed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture on Friday, reports said. An arrival ceremony will be
