Tokyo Games organizers hold ceremony to open Olympic flame display

The organizers of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games held a ceremony Monday to mark the opening of the public display of the Olympic flame.The flame arrived in Japan from Greece on March 20, four days before the games were postponed until the summer of 2021 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Since the decision, the flame had been kept at a facility of the Tokyo Fire Department.The public will be able to view it from Tuesday until Nov. 1 at the Japan Olympic Museum near the main stadium for the games in central Tokyo.In the ceremony at the museum, Japanese Olympic Committee President…READ FULL ARTICLE