Japan's Prime Minister makes a winning entrance in Rio

  • 8 years ago
Tokyo took center stage as Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic flag to the 2020 host city at a rain-lashed but joyous closing ceremony for the Rio Games on Sunday In an epic moment for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the prime minister of Japan arrived at the Rio Games through a green pipe dressed as Mario The appearance of Abe as Mario, holding a red ball, occurred during the part of the ceremony which offers a preview to the next Olympics host city