TOKYO - About 20,000 fireworks illuminated the sky over downtown Tokyo on the weekend as almost 960,000 people gathered on the banks of the Sumida River to enjoy the annual summer spectacular, despite earlier concern it might be called off due to an approaching typhoon.
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