Tokyo, 17 December 2018 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
(Tokyo 2020) reached agreement today with all relevant government agencies and sporting committees
regarding the display of the Olympic and Paralympic Flames during their respective Games. The
agreement was concluded with the Cabinet Secretariat, the Japan Sports Agency, the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Japanese Paralympic Committee, and the Japan
Sport Council at a Multi-Party Leaders’ Meeting.
So that as many people as possible can view the Flame, two separate cauldrons will be deployed. One
will be set up inside the Olympic Stadium and used only during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies;
another, to which the Flame will be transferred after the Opening Ceremony, will be placed in Tokyo’s
bustling waterfront area, allowing the wider public to view it and experience the spirit and excitement of
the Games. The Flame will only be displayed in one location at a time.
A number of locations, including Games venues, live sites and tourist attractions in Tokyo, were
considered as the site for the cauldron outside of the Olympic Stadium. Tokyo 2020 took into account the
IOC’s stipulation that the location should be a symbolic site which would allow as many people as possible
to view the Flame without having to purchase tickets for the Games. Considering all these factors, as well
as security and operational issues, it was decided that the Ariake side of the Yume-no-Ohashi Bridge in
the waterfront area would be an ideal location.
It was agreed that areas in the vicinity of the cauldrons’ Games-time locations will be natural choices for
their permanent locations after the Games. The Japan Sports Agency and the Japan Sport Council will
manage the cauldron used during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, with the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government taking responsibility for the other cauldron as the host city authority.
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