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© AP/KyodoTokyo Olympic organizers unveil torch for 2020 games
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Alfie Noakes
PR drivel from the maw of Dentsu. Their lives are clearly not rebuilt and it isn't a symbol of peace.
GW
Aluminum construction waste from temporary housing built in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake was used to create it, transforming materials that witnessed the rebuilding of shattered lives into a symbol of peace.
This BS really needs to STOP, its built on pure lies & makes me want to dash to the nearest great white telephone!
koiwaicoffee
Indeed, Alfie.
David Varnes
Gaudy, cheap, and artificial looking.
Like many things associated with the Tokyo Olympics, this is just another boondoggle of a ridiculous attempt at trying to look 21st century cool and failing.
You want a realistic torch? How about a big, fat brown envelope, stuffed full of tax money, perched atop a piece of Fukushima sea wall rebar.
Derek Grebe
What a load of self-serving crap. I'm sick of this Olympic boondoggle already.
These trillions of yen should have been spent helping the survivors of 3/11 and fixing the pension shambles.
It's a disgrace.
JapanFan
Looks like a muffler for a Kawasaki motorcycle :)
GW
Awkward photo, Yoshioka looks scared to hold it or fears getting a grip from Nomura LOL, and Nomura is clearly staring at something off in the distance, perhaps a nicer looking torch!!!!
sf2k
Wow, anyone believe that?
At any rate the design is certainly very nice
Kobe White Bar Owner
what an uncomfortable photo, you can almost here them shouting "let me hold it".
TIJ
The 2020 Olympic torch looks like a gaudy, custom tailpipe for a street racing car.
Magnus Roe
I also think it looks like a muffler :D
Maybe from a Pagani Zonda
BackpackingNepal
Let Genki Sudo and his team World Order do some magic on the ground on the opening as well as closing.
ghosthand
Wow looks cool