An estimated 800,000 spectators thronged the streets of Tokyo on Friday to celebrate Japan¡¯s Rio Olympic and Paralympic medal-winning athletes in an open-top parade.
The procession of 50 Olympians and 37 Paralympians traveled a 2.5-km course from the city¡¯s Toranomon area, through Ginza to the Nihonbashi district, more than double the length of the previous parade following the London Games four years ago, which attracted around half a million supporters.
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