Manabu Ogawa, a Japanese acupressure therapist from Vancouver, waves as he carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Burnaby, east of Vancouver, on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Handout photo) (Kyodo)

John Furlong, chief executive officer for the Vancouver Olympics organizing committee, gives a press conference in Vancouver on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)

John Furlong, chief executive officer for the Vancouver Olympics organizing committee, speaks at a press conference in Vancouver on Feb. 11, 2010, a day before the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (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)

Toshikazu Sugaya, 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)