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2020 Olympic flag-raising ceremony

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The Olympic flag, left, is risen next to Japan's national flag, center, and the Paralympic flag as Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike, right, looks on during a flag-raising ceremony at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo on Wednesday night.

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The lighting makes the rising sun look like a 3D sphere. It's an interesting idea if they ever want to update the flag.

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Yes, the Olympics will get back to the Land of the Rising Sun's Capital, Tokyo in 2020. I can hardly wait for it. Very hopeful picture!

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Surely that should be "The Olympic Flag is raised", not "risen"?

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An utter waste of money for a country so heavily in debt.

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An utter waste of money for a country so heavily in debt.

Yes, yes, it's been said a million times.

They're going to do it anyways, so you may as well stop complaining about it.

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Now if we only had a stadium to hang those on

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@M3: There is no flag of rising sun on above. Photo.

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