Japan's Yui Susaki celebrates her win in the women's 50-kg freestyle wrestling final at the

Yui Susaki, left, and Rui Hachimura, of Japan, carry their country's flag during the opening

A crow perches on a light pole near the statue of the Olympics rings in Tokyo on July 1, 2021.... Organizers said a ticket lottery set for Tuesday was pushed back to Saturday to accommodate any changes.... Fans from abroad were banned months ago from attending....

Before the pandemic, the Japanese designer who created the Olympic and Paralympic mascots predicted that they would become the “ face of the Games.” It hasn’t quite turned out that way.... The mascots’ social media profiles are modest, and a common complaint is that their names — Miraitowa and Someity — are hard to remember. Miraitowa is the Olympic mascot, and Someity represents the Paralympics, which are scheduled to run in Tokyo from Aug.... 5.“ Within the whirlwind of all the Olympic contr

The stage is set before the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.... The others are slotted by their order in the Japanese alphabet, so Iceland and Ireland precede Azerbaijan, for example.... The IOC says 206 teams--205 nations and the refugee team--will be taking part in the opening ceremony....