faced the cauldron and lowered the flame to set off a ball of fire that signaled Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics were set to begin--and Japan was back from the ashes of World War II. Sakai died almost six ...

Shimoji pointed to negative comments on social media after Osaka lit the cauldron, where some said the honor should have gone to a “pure” Japanese. There are a record 2.9 million foreigners ...