FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan—Japanese actor Mansai Nomura will orchestrate the opening and closing ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was announced on Monday.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Chief Executive Creative Director of the opening and closing ceremonies, Mansai Nomura, a famed stage actor and film director also known for his training in a thousand year old Japanese comic theatre, Kyogen, attends a news conferece in Tokyo, Japan July 31, 2018 (Reuters/Toru Hanai).
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