Japan's Beijing Paralympics team inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Suzuki (R), Japan's standard-bearer for the Beijing Paralympics, receives the Japanese flag from Harumi Okubo, head of Japan's Beijing Paralympics team, during a team inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 4. The ceremony was attended by 260 officials and athletes for the 12-day Beijing Paralympics, which open Sept. 6.

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