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.

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 ...

The Tokyo Olympics torch relay will take another detour this weekend ... Sunday has been canceled altogether with cases surging in Japan. Other legs on Okinawa will take place.

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 ...

In May, he will take off his kendo gear--revealing his wispy, silver hair and soft smile--and hold the torch aloft as he runs the Olympic relay in southwestern Japan. He will represent a former ...

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 ...

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 ...