Rainbow Bridge walk promotes Tokyo Olympic bid

Rainbow Bridge walk promotes Tokyo Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Popular table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (front L) leads roughly 5,000 people across Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge on March 1 in an event to promote the city's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The participants at the front carried a banner bearing Tokyo's bid logo.

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