Naomi Osaka stands beside the Olympic flame after lighting it during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David J.

Our collective perception of flame is clouded. When asked to picture a flame, most people probably envision an orange streak dancing to and fro over a pyramid of burning wood, or a tidy blue radiance ...

TOKYO (AP) – Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron is designed to be better for the planet. The flame at Tokyo’s National Stadium and another cauldron burning along the waterfront near Tokyo ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo ...