In what was described as the most orderly May Day rally in the nine post war years some 350,000 unionists and their families, leftist organizations, right-wing groups and small businessmen's association, gathered in the Meiji Shrine Outer Garden in Tokyo, May 1. Following speeches the crowd split into five columns and marched through the streets. Domed building in background in Constitution Hall. May 2, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).