A special aircraft will transport the Olympic Flame to Tokyo next year, with an arrival ceremony due to be held on March 20.
The Olympic Flame will be lit at Ancient Olympia on March 12, with a week-long Torch Relay then held in Greece.
The Flame will be handed over to Tokyo 2020 with a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on March 19.
Tokyo 2020 has now announced a special aircraft bearing the name “Tokyo 2020 Go” will transport the Olympic Flame to Japan.
The aircraft will land at the JASDF Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture on March 20.
Japanese Olympic stars Tadahiro Nomura and Saori Yoshida have been given the honour of delivering the Flame.
Nomura is the only judoka to have won three straight Olympic gold medals, in the men’s under 60-kilogram event at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Yoshida clinched three consecutive gold medals in wrestling, before winning a silver at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The now retired wrestler also carried the Olympic Flag back from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo
“When I brought back the Olympic flag from Rio De Janeiro as captain of the Japanese Olympic delegation, my heart swelled with pride knowing that Tokyo’s turn was coming,” Yoshida said.
“I retired from wrestling afterwards, and it is now such an honour for me to fulfill this important role in bringing back the Olympic Flame from Greece.
“I will be readying myself for it.
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“The Olympic Flame, a symbol of the Olympics, will traverse Japan, carrying with it the hopes and dreams of not only the Tokyo 2020 Olympians but those of all the people.