The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch relay finally began Thursday after a year-long delay, signaling Japan’s determination to go ahead with the event despite strong opposition to the games amid the ...

A year later than planned, an Olympic torch relay with a difference begins in Japan as the build-up for the Tokyo Games gets under way.

Hydrogen will be used for the first time to power the Olympic torch during its journey through Japan, organisers said on Monday, as part of Tokyo 2020's efforts to hold an environmentally friendly ...

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Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts of the capital. Ishihara's ...

Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay Kicks Off One Year After ... "The torch of Tokyo 2020 will become a bright light for hope for Japanese citizens and citizens in the world and a light at the end ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers said the torch relay would begin on March 25 from the J-Village training centre in Fukushima, as planned, ...

The torch relay is a traditionally historic event that takes place before the Olympics. But like everything else related to these upcoming games, the rally is being altered due to COVID-19 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 21: Dancers perform during the ‘Love Sport Tokyo 2020' segment during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium on August 21, ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori, left, and Tokyo Organizing Committee CEO of the 2020 Olympics Toshiro Muto, right, chat prior to the beginning of the Executive Board Meeting opening of ...

TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start on Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public and little ceremony. There will be an ...

Tokyo Olympics organizers have unveiled their torch for next year’s games, playing off the image of Japan’s famous cherry blossoms. The cherry blossom is Japan’s most-loved flower ...