Fireworks conclude the Opening Ceremony after the lighting of the Olympic Flame for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic cauldron. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
The Olympic cauldron is lit. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Naomi Osaka arrives to light the flame of hope. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
The Olympic torch is passed to Naomi Osaka.Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Performances take place at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
The Olympic Flag arrives. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes take center stage. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Performances take place at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Performances take place. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Team USA arrives. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes take selfies as they arrive. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes arrive at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Team Suriname arrives. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Team China arrives at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Pita Taufatofua and Team Tonga arrive. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Two athletes from Team Kenya smile as they arrive. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Fireworks celebrate the start of Opening Ceremony. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Team Puerto Rico arrives. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes arrive at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes from Azerbaijan wave while marching. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes from the United Arab Emirates enter the stadium. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Athletes of Ireland enter the stadium. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
The flag of Japan arrives at the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
The flag of Japan is raised with a background of empty seats. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Japanese singer Misia performs Japan’s national anthem. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Misia performs. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Dancers dressed as craftsmen construct the interlocking Olympic rings as traditional Japanese music played. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Dancers and athletes began the performance by working out and training alone, under conditions that reflected the distancing and isolation caused by COVID-19. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Nurse/Boxer Arisa Tsubata runs on a treadmill at the beginning of the performances. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
The flag of host Japan is carried in. Photo by Bob Strong/UPI | License Photo
Colored lights surround Tsubata’s performance. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach wave during the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo
The theme for the Opening Ceremony is “United by Emotion.” Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Security workers stand above a section of empty seats before the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo
Torchbearer and kabuki actor Kankuro Nakamura attends the Olympic torch relay at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Friday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aerobatic team Blue Impulse performs ahead of the Opening Ceremony. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Protesters demonstrate against the holding of the Games near the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Friday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Many Japanese people opposed hosting the Games during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
A woman holds a Japanese flag as visitors pose by the Olympic rings, wearing masks, outside Olympic Stadium prior to the Opening Ceremony on Friday. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
