Olympic and government officials decided to postpone the Tokyo Summer Olympics in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rescheduling them for July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021.Ĭontrary to the Facebook post’s claim, the video doesn’t show a real-life fireworks demonstration. The footage was posted on YouTube in 2015 with a title identifying it as a digital simulation made using the software FWsim. The software’s website features fireworks simulation videos set in a variety of locations around the world. While the display in the video isn’t real, fireworks were set off in locations across Japan around 8 p.m. local time on July 24 to mark the one year until the start of the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics, Kyodo News reported.
The video has been described as, 'New Years 2013 - Synchronized Epic Music (Heart of Courage) - FWSim Fireworks Display - HD' The video, viewed more than 13 million times at the time of writing this article, had been created and conceptualised by YouTube user mediabyjj as a video to ring in the new year of 2013. The displays were organized by the Junior Chamber International Japan, according to The Japan Times. An excerpt from the description of the video reads, '.
