Japanese film director Naomi Kawase puts up the Olympic flame during torch relay at Todai-ji, UNESCO World Heritage site Buddhist temple, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture on April 12, 2021. The Olympic flame connecting about 10,000 people, will travel nationwide for 121 days, and it will be lit up at the opening ceremony of the National Stadium on July 23. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

Japanese film director Naomi Kawase puts up the Olympic flame during torch relay at Todai-ji, UNESCO World Heritage site Buddhist temple, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture on April 12, 2021. The Olympic flame connecting about 10,000 people, will travel nationwide for 121 days, and it will be lit up at the opening ceremony of the National Stadium on July 23. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

Japanese film director Naomi Kawase puts up the Olympic flame during torch relay at Todai-ji, UNESCO World Heritage site Buddhist temple, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture on April 12, 2021. The Olympic flame connecting about 10,000 people, will travel nationwide for 121 days, and it will be lit up at the opening ceremony of the National Stadium on July 23. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

Japanese film director Naomi Kawase puts up the Olympic flame during torch relay at Todai-ji, UNESCO World Heritage site Buddhist temple, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture on April 12, 2021. The Olympic flame connecting about 10,000 people, will travel nationwide for 121 days, and it will be lit up at the opening ceremony of the National Stadium on July 23. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )