Fireworks, rings monument light up Tokyo six months before Games

Fireworks light up the sky near the illuminated Olympic rings at a ceremony to mark six months before the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo January 24, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the Japanese capital marked six months until the start of the Games.

After a decade of planning, Tokyo 2020 organisers have entered the final stretch ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony on July 24.