Iran Press/ Asia: It came on the same day that the government said new coronavirus cases in Osaka hit 1,099, a single-day record for Japan's second-largest metropolitan area.
The torch relay began three weeks ago in northeastern Japan, attempting to navigate around the pandemic with a total of 10,000 runners crisscrossing the country and bound for the opening ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was postponed for the first time in their history.
Tokyo 2020 became the first Olympics ever postponed in peacetime as the coronavirus wreaked havoc across the globe, claiming lives and forcing the cancelation of sporting and cultural events.
The Olympics have previously only been canceled completely during periods of World War - in 1916, 1940, and 1944 - but never suspended or postponed.
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