In Photos: Tokyo Olympic torch relay off to quiet start amid pandemic

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto, left, watches Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara and Paralympian Aki Taguchi light the celebration cauldron on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

The celebration cauldron is seen lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021. The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of Shinehago Equestrian Association take part in an opening performance on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2021. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of the Spa Resort Hawaiians Dancing Team "Hula Girls" perform during an opening performance on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2021. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Mikio Date, left, and Takeshi Tomizawa, who make up the Japanese comedy duo "Sandwich Man," enter with the Olympic flame on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2021. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu, right, a member of Japan women's national football team, passes the Olympic flame to high school student Asato Owada, left, at a torch kiss point during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay grand start outside J-Village National Training Center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2021. (Philip Fong/Pool Photo via AP)