Paralympic symbols The Paralympic flag has a white background, with the Paralympic symbol in the centre. The current Paralympic flag was first flown during the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Paralympic Games in 2010. Until the 2010 Winter Paralympics, the host country chose the site and the method through which the Paralympic Torch was lit. Since the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the concept of the Paralympic Torch Relay has changed and the Official Paralympic Flame is always created in the Games host city by uniting different regional flames. For London 2012 four regional flames from the national capitals of London, Belfast, Edinburgh and
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Yoshitaka Sakurada on behalf of the Japanese government, and has Prime Minister Shinzō Abe as its Supreme Advisor. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games The (TOCOG) is the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Organising Committee was launched on January 24, 2014, and is composed of members of the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Japanese Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Japanese government, as well as members of various other organisations and individuals from various fields. It is spearheaded by former-Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, with Toshirō