500,000 pack Tokyo streets to hail heroes

500,000 pack Tokyo streets to hail heroes

Up to 500,000 people lined the streets of Tokyo yesterday to hail Japan’s Olympic medallists, organisers said, in a boost for the city’s bid to stage the 2020 Games.

Athletes who returned from London with a national record medal haul were lauded as they rode on open-top buses through the capital’s upmarket shopping district of Ginza. The Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) said about 500,000 people crammed into Ginza to get a glimpse of the country’s medal heroes. Japan came home from London with seven gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals, the country’s best-ever showing.u00a0

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