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 ...

A Japanese Buddhist temple is refusing to host the Olympic torch relay when it comes to ... began its worldwide six-continent trek from ancient Olympia in Greece on March 24.

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 ...

A burning flame has been part of the modern Olympics since 1928, but the tradition goes all the way back to the ancient ... of the Olympic torch for the 2020 Games resembles a Japanese cherry ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.