3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011. (Kyodo)

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