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Torch lighting ceremony for Asian Para Games held at Aichi special needs school
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A torch lighting ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games was held on 6 October at Aichi Prefectural Nishio Special Needs School in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture. Students read messages of support for athletes, and Nishio Mayor Ken Nakamura received the flame, which was placed in a lantern bearing the games emblem. The torch relay starts on 10 October and reaches its grand goal at Nagoya's Meijo Park on 17 October, a day before the games open.
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A torch lighting ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, which open on 18 October, was held on 6 October at Aichi Prefectural Nishio Special Needs School in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, according to Nikkei. Flames lit in 31 municipalities across the prefecture will be collected to become the games' torch, the newspaper reported. [ 1 , 2 ]
Nikkei said more than 100 students and parents gathered in the school gymnasium. Twelve students chosen from the student body read messages of support, including “I want them to break through their own limits and achieve personal bests” and “turn the results of your practice into strength and do your best”. Nishio Mayor Ken Nakamura received the flame and placed it in a lantern engraved with the games emblem, prompting loud applause, according to the report. [ 2 ]
Mijun Yamauchi, a 17-year-old third-year high school student who handed the flame to the mayor as the student representative, said she is looking forward to wheelchair basketball and hopes for a games that general spectators and athletes can enjoy to the full, Nikkei reported. [ 2 ]
The relay is scheduled to begin on 10 October and to reach its grand goal at Meijo Park in Nagoya on 17 October, the day before the opening, Nikkei said. Nishi-Nippon Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun also reported the ceremony; their article texts were not readable, and Yomiuri's headline used the phrase “difference into strength”. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
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The ceremony is one of the local collection points whose flames will be combined into the games' torch, tying the host prefecture's schools and municipalities to the event. Coverage by three national business outlets indicates the run-up to the regional multi-sport event is drawing wider attention beyond the host community.
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- A torch lighting ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games was held on 6 October at Aichi Prefectural Nishio Special Needs School in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture [ 1 , 2 ]
- More than 100 students and parents gathered in the school gymnasium for the ceremony [ 2 ]
- Twelve students selected from the student body read messages wishing athletes success [ 2 ]
- Nishio Mayor Ken Nakamura received the flame and placed it in a lantern engraved with the games emblem, drawing applause [ 2 ]
- Student representative Mijun Yamauchi, 17, a third-year high school student, said she is looking forward to wheelchair basketball and wants a games that everyone can enjoy [ 2 ]
- Flames lit in 31 municipalities in the prefecture will be collected to form the games' torch [ 2 ]
- The torch relay begins on 10 October and is scheduled to reach its grand goal at Meijo Park in Nagoya on 17 October, with the games opening on 18 October [ 2 ]
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- Details of the ceremony beyond those reported by Nikkei, including the text of the Nishi-Nippon Shimbun report Nishi-Nippon Shimbun carried only a headline, and the Yomiuri Shimbun article text was not readable, so their specific details cannot be checked against Nikkei's account
- The context in which the phrase “difference into strength” was used at the ceremony The phrase appears only in the Yomiuri Shimbun headline, with no article text available to explain who said it
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- Nishi-Nippon Shimbun publishes its report on the torch lighting ceremony at an Aichi special needs school [ 1 ]
- Nikkei reports the ceremony was held at Aichi Prefectural Nishio Special Needs School, with students reading messages of support and the mayor receiving the flame [ 2 ]
- Yomiuri Shimbun publishes its report headlined with the phrase “difference into strength” [ 3 ]