Tokyo Olympics / Para starts this summer Preparations are at the final stage on January 1 at 0:05
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will finally begin this summer. In March, the Olympic torch relay nationwide will begin, and preparations for the world's largest sporting festival will be in the final stages, with momentum for the Games increasing.
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which will be held for the first time in 56 years since 1964, will open on July 24, and the Paralympics will begin on August 25.
In the Olympics, more than 10,000 athletes participated, making 33 events and 339 events, the most ever in history. The national torch relay started from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26 as a symbol of the reconstruction Olympics, and on July 24. The tour will take you to 47 prefectures nationwide for 121 days before the opening.
The Paralympic Games will be the most in history ever, starting four days after the closing ceremony of the Olympics, starting the torch ceremony nationwide on August 13 and conducting the torch relay in the four prefectures of the venue from August 18 to August 25. Approximately 4,400 players compete for medals in 22 sports and 539 events.
In addition, test tournaments to confirm operational issues will be held sequentially by May around newly built competition venues such as the National Stadium and the Tokyo Aquatics Center, and watching tickets will be sold at sales offices in Tokyo. Face-to-face sales and "official resale services", so-called resale, will begin in the spring.
Seven years have passed since the decision was made, and preparations for the world's largest sporting festival are entering the final stages, with momentum for the tournament increasing.