The torch has been met with protests and intense security at many of its stops on its worldwide journey, and Japan was gearing ... instead of an ancient temple. Zenkoji temple declined last ...

The torch was lit Thursday near the Temple of Hera in ancient Olympia ... torch to Olympic gold medallist Mizuki Noguchi, the first Japanese torch relay runner. Actor Gerard Butler also carried ...

On Thursday morning the Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece. The torch will now continue on ... Seiko Hashimoto, Japan’s Olympic Minister said: "The IOC and the organizing committee ...

Actress Katerina Lehou, right, as high priestess, lights the torch during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia ... (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) AP Japanese Olympic gold ...

An ancient Japanese Buddhist temple which cancelled its role in the Olympic torch relay has been vandalised. The Zenkoji Buddhist Temple in the city of Nagano was to have been the starting point ...

The Tokyo 2020 Torch has begun its journey from Ancient Olympia to the Japanese capital after the traditional lighting ceremony in the place where the Olympic Games of antiquity were held.

Normally the flame is transferred from one torch to another in a relay across nations, but in March 2020, starting in Olympia, Greece, the flame was flown directly to Japan where it waited as ...

MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) - The start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Japan on 25 March will be held ... in Tokyo was lit on 12 March 2020 in ancient Olympia. The relay started in Greece, but due ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, GREECE March 12 (Reuters ... Korakaki subsequently lit the torch of Japanese runner Mizuki Noguchi, the 2004 Olympic marathon champion. The torch will be handed over to Tokyo ...