Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony

Tokyo Olympics 2020: MC Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India's flag-bearer for opening ceremony

Leading wrestler and key medal hope Bajrang Punia, on the other hand, has been chosen as the flag-bearer for the Tokyo 2020 closing ceremony.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremonies director may quit over pig costume suggestion, reports Kyodo News

Hiroshi Sasaki, an advertising executive, proposed 33-year-old entertainer Naomi Watanabe come down from the sky dressed in a swine costume for the opening ceremony in a segment dubbed "Olympig", Kyodo news agency reported

Tokyo Olympics 2020 organisers hire new director for ‘simpler, more restrained’ opening and closing ceremonies

Organisers said the decision to replace a previous seven-person creative team would improve efficiency and reshape the traditionally lavish and spectacular ceremonies to be "in tune with the situation."

Coronavirus Outbreak: Tokyo Olympics 2020 opening ceremony must include a COVID-19 reference, says producer

Balich, an Italian with great experience in producing Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, said the Japanese had almost completed preparations for this year.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Organisers need new dates for Games opening and closing ceremonies

"We must decide this soon, otherwise it will be hard to decide on other things to follow," Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, told his 30 senior directors.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Price of hosting opening, closing ceremonies rises 40 percent to $118 million, says organising committee

The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee