Tokyo marks 1,000 days until 2020 Olympics

Tokyo marked 1,000 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, with countdown events held to set the mood for the games.Tokyo's second Olympics will feature a record 33 sports and 339 events. The capital hosted the Olympics in 1964.On Saturday, Olympians and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo led the way for four festival floats in the capital's Nihombashi district in heavy rain, aiming to build up the excitement for the Olympics being held in less than three years.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Olympics minister Shunichi Suzuki joined Ebizo and the athletes, including swi…READ FULL ARTICLE