The traditional prelude to the Olympics, the torch relay, will look – and sound – a bit different this year, as spectators are asked to avoid crowds and dampen their cheers when the torch passes by ...

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by tennis star Naomi Osaka. The Olympic cauldron was lit by a torch, but the torch ...

TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Authorities are considering moving the first three days of the Tokyo leg of the Olympic torch relay off public roads, because a quasi-state of emergency will still be in ...

The Olympic torch began its journey around Japan today, almost exactly a year after it was supposed to. Runners left from Fukushima, a departure heavy with symbolism. The area was walloped by an ...