Tokyo Skytree lights up to commemorate year until rearranged Paralympics

The message reading "Tokyo 2020 +1" is displayed while the Tokyo Skytree lights up in Paralympic symbol colours on the day marking the one-year countdown to the games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Skytree, the tallest tower in the world and an iconic part of the Japanese capital's skyline, was lit in the colours of the Paralympics on Monday to commemorate one year until the start of the rearranged Games.

Along with the Olympic Summer Games, scheduled to have been held in Tokyo this year, the Paralympics have been shifted until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.