From beginning to end, the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony strikes a muted tone
The Olympic flame illuminates the sky after an event that signified the difficult times faced by the global community
Without an audience, the Games are less Games
The pandemic changed everything. It was no time for Super Mario Bros and the complicity of a prime minister, as was the case with Shinzo Abe five years earlier in Rio de Janeiro.
Tokyo 2020 officially inaugurated with a unique opening ceremony
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito declares the Games open, Naomi Osaka lights caldron at an almost empty stadium
The Games of Uncertainty are finally here
Friday night’s opening ceremony will give the first signs on where the next two weeks of the Olympic celebration might lead
Nothing funny about challenges facing opening ceremony team, with third contributor dismissed over Holocaust joke
Ceremonies director Kobayashi removed from responsibilities less than two days prior to the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to skip opening ceremony
IOC VP John Coates says Queensland premier will attend the event after all
