Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers on Saturday marked 1,000 days to go before the games begin with a parade and demonstrations of new Olympic sports in the city's Nihonbashi district.

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Participants wearing festive happi coats braved steady rain to carry four floats bearing large gold 1, 0, 0 and 0 figures along Chuo-dori to a stage where a display was unveiled to count down the days until the Summer Games begin on July 24, 2020.