The 1964 Tokyo Olympics were the first to hold a torch relay in Asia, taking in 11 cities. Kuno Akiko was an interpreter for the Japanese team that orchestrated the tour of the continent.

“Even if the torch relay starts, it can be stopped anytime ... That’s what we have to think about.” The Olympic flame arrived in Japan from Greece on March 20. It has been on a public ...

Several celebrities have also pulled out of the torch relay over concerns about the virus. Japan town uses Covid grant to build squid statue Japan imposes new Covid measures as Olympics loom Tokyo ...

Japanese who support the Games fear speaking out Why doesn't Japan cancel the Tokyo Olympic Games? The nationwide torch relay has faced numerous problems since it began in March - nearly half of ...

The Olympic torch relay for the Tokyo Games finally started ... “I hope this flame will turn a light of hope in each and every corner of Japan, and become a band of light to connect a path ...

He recently published a book about Japan's first Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, and he hopes to be in Fukushima for the start of the torch relay next March. On October 10, 1964, I was just one year ...

Preparations for this year's summer Games, held in Tokyo, Japan, are now under way ... are expected to take part in this year's Olympic torch relay. What happens during the lighting ceremony ...

Over 50 years since pictograms were first used at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura has ... a part of the Olympics and Paralympics as the all-important torch relay and the ...

Additionally, the torch crossed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans as part of the “Oceans Relay,” reaching six overseas French territories: Guyana, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, Martinique, French ...

After the Olympic Closing Ceremony on Feb. 22, 2026, the Paralympic Flame will be lit Feb. 24 in Stoke Mandeville, England, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. The Paralympic torch relay ...