One of the trumpets that was used to play the fanfare during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and given to the Aichi Prefectural Police is being displayed in their headquarters in Naka Ward, Nagoya, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"This is a valuable chance for us to show our history," said a representative from the prefectural force.
Personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force played the lively 35-second-long "Tokyo Olympics Fanfare" in front of a full audience at the National Stadium on Oct. 10, 1964.
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