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Over 10,000 people gathered on Friday in Tokyo to protest the US-led military attack on Iraq.
Police put the number of people at 10,000 while organizers said 50,000 were present.
Around 100 protesters carrying banners assembled in front of the US Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward, the site of a number of demonstrations this week, shouting "Stop the war! We oppose war!"
At around midday, thousands of anti-war protesters had taken to the streets of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.
The protesters later marched to JR Tokyo Station carrying banners and shouting in response to calls over a loudspeaker to "Stop the war!" and "Don't kill Iraqi children!"
Meanwhile, another anti-war rally dubbed World Peace Now took place at Tokyo's Shiba Park.
There has been several major similar demonstrations in Tokyo since last weekend.
(Xinhua News Agency March 21, 2003)
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