2020 Summer Olympics torch relay will run from 12 March until 24 July 2020 . After being lit in Olympia , Greece , the torch will travel to Athens on 19 March . The Japanese leg will begin in Fukushima , and will end in Tokyo 's New National Stadium , the main venue of the 2020 Olympics . It will visit Japanese cities , including all 47 prefectural capitals . The torch is reported to go to two remote islands which are part of Tokyo . The end of the relay will be the finale of the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony . Toyota , NTT , JXTG , Nippon Life , JAL and ANA are the presenting partners of the relay with the slogan being " Hope Lights Our Way "
2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2020 Summer Olympics torch relay