The Tokyo Summer Olympics started off in style! On Friday, more than 11,000 athletes from 206 nations attended the opening ceremony, which was themed "United by Emotion," at Olympic Stadium in ...

Tokyo, 21 August 2021 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) is pleased to announce the concepts of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Tokyo ...

Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, declared the opening of both the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. Emperor Emeritus Akihito officially opened the ...

Nonetheless, some athletes and others in Tokyo for the Olympics have tested positive in the lead-up to the opening ceremony, underlining public health concerns even given the safety protocols.

U.S. Flagbearers Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez took in the moment while speaking with NBC's Mike Tirico in real time during the ceremony. Alvarez expressed the experience was "so emotional," while ...

(ATR) Games chiefs today set up a panel to develop ideas for the Tokyo 2020 opening and closing ceremonies and on how to promote Japan. The committee was created at a Tokyo 2020 executive board ...

Even in the absence of fans, the same held true Friday in Tokyo as the 2020 Games, postponed to this summer, officially got underway. But many watching the Ceremony at home stateside might have ...

the July 26 event will be the first Olympic opening ceremony held outside of a stadium. The Tokyo opening ceremony last time around was held in a largely empty stadium because of the COVID-19 ...

A theme park based on the wildly popular “Harry Potter” film series opened its doors in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward ... opened at 9:30 a.m. following an opening ceremony and many eager Harry Potter ...