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Time

20:00 JST (12:00 PM UK Time, 13:00 PM CET)


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Guests: ''will only be attended by VIP guests''

and much of the artistic and cultural sections of the ceremony will adhere to social distancing guidelines and some portions will be filmed virtually.


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Parade of Nations

Athletes will enter the stadium in an order dictated by the Olympic tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, the Greek team will enter first. Other teams will enter in katakana order based on the names of countries in the Japanese language, the first time this will happen as previous Olympics held in Japan have used the English language. Following tradition, the delegation from the host nation Japan will enter last.

The Refugee Olympic Team, composed of refugees from several countries, will be the second nation to enter, after Greece. For the first time ever in the opening ceremony, the countries that will host the next two Olympic Games, France and the United States, will march immediately before the host nation Japan enters, instead of entering one-hundred-fifty-fourth (between Brazil and Bulgaria) and seventh (between Afghanistan and American Samoa), respectively, according to the Japanese alphabet order.

The names of the nations will be announced in French, followed by English and Japanese, the official languages of the Olympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines.


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Performers (what we know so far, more to be revealed later on)

*a pre-recorded virtual/hybrid pre-opening ceremony with an exhibition flight by Blue Impulse, the aerobatics squadron of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force.

Anthems

Japan – Kimigayo, National Anthem of Japan
International Olympic Committee – Olympic Anthem