"Funassyi" mascot hoping to be positive symbol of Japan

"Funassyi" mascot hoping to be positive symbol of Japan

Two photo shows Japan's favorite "pear fairy" mascot, Funassyi, jumping on a table during its first press conference with foreign media at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. The unofficial mascot of the city of Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is popular for its frenetic movements and shrieking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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