• LGBT supporters march in the parade for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival, Japan's largest such event for supporting the rights of sexual minorities, in the capital's Shibuya Ward on Sunday. The festival was expected to attract 180,000 people this year, according the organizer. | RYUSEI TAKAHASHI
    LGBT supporters march in the parade for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival, Japan's largest such event for supporting the rights of sexual minorities, in the capital's Shibuya Ward on Sunday. The festival was expected to attract 180,000 people this year, according the organizer. | RYUSEI TAKAHASHI
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With rainbow flags flying high and colorful signboards vividly displayed under a clear blue sky, thousands of members of the LGBT community and their supporters took to the streets of Shibuya Ward on Sunday to march in the annual Tokyo Rainbow Pride Festival parade.

According to the organizers, 10,000 people were expected to take part in this year’s march — believed to be the largest of its kind in the nation — with more than 180,000 participating in the festival itself.

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