Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, arrives at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Feb. 12, 2010, to attend the sixth session of his retrial. Prosecutors apologized in court for making him serve time in prison. (Kyodo)

The Olympic flame is passed between torchbearers in front of Vancouver's city hall after reaching the city on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

The Olympic flame is passed between torchbearers in front of Vancouver's city hall after reaching the city on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

Crowds welcome a torchbearer carrying the Olympic flame as he arrives at Vancouver's city hall on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

Children hold Canadian flags as they welcome the Olympic torch, which arrived at Vancouver's city hall on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)