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Flame-lighting event for Asian Games torch relay held in Hiroshima

Published Aug 21, 2026 01:44 pm
A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the Asian Games scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 mainly in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday, with participants including Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (left) and Hajime Moriyasu (right), head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team.
A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the Asian Games scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 mainly in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday, with participants including Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (left) and Hajime Moriyasu (right), head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team.
HIROSHIMA, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press) -- A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the upcoming Asian Games took place in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday.
Hideaki Omura (center), governor of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, Kazumi Matsui (second from left, back), mayor of the city of Hiroshima, western Japan,
Participants at the event held in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park included Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui and Hajime Moriyasu, head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team.
Matsui lit a torch from the Flame of Peace, which is dedicated to the victims of the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the city, and a lighting rod held by Moriyasu was lit from the torch. The flame was then placed in a golden lantern.
Moriyasu, who kicked off his career as a corporate and professional soccer player in Hiroshima, said at the event: "I think that sports have the power of binding different values and cultures together. I want athletes (who are set to participate in the Asian Games) to compete with all their strength while wishing for peace."
Hajime Moriyasu (far right, back), head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team, and others pose for a photo at a flame-lighting event held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday for the torch relay for the Asian Games scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 mainly in Aichi.
Hajime Moriyasu (far right, back), head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team, and others pose for a photo at a flame-lighting event held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday for the torch relay for the Asian Games scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 mainly in Aichi.
The upcoming quadrennial sporting event will be held mainly in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.
Hiroshima hosted the Asian Games in 1994.
A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the Asian Games in Aichi was held in Tokyo, the host of the 1958 Asian Games, as well on Tuesday.
On Saturday, the flames from Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagoya, the capital of Aichi, are set to be put together at Nagoya Castle, and the torch relay for the Asian Games will start in the prefecture the same day.


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