The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed at Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 20, 2020, after its arrival from Greece. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

TOKYO - The Olympic flame display in northeastern Fukushima will end after only five days as Japan prepares for a state of emergency.

The NHK reported that the Tokyo Olympic organizers decided to stop the flame display after Prime Minister Abe Shinzo declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures on Tuesday.

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The order is expected to be in place for about a month.

The flame, which was lit in Greece on March 12, arrived in Japan on March 20 for a torch relay originally scheduled to kick off on March 26 at the J-Village National football center in Fukushima. But the relay was canceled after the postponement of the Olympic Games.

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The flame was then put on a month-display at J-Village on April 2. The organizers have decided to display the flame across the country.