1,000-km Aomori-Tokyo relay ends after encouraging quake-hit region

1,000-km Aomori-Tokyo relay ends after encouraging quake-hit region

Shingo Kunieda (C), a leading Japanese wheelchair tennis player, and others cross the finishing line of a 1,000-kilometer relay from Aomori in the north to Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015. Involving more than 700 runners and bicyclists, the relay was aimed at promoting reconstruction in the Tohoku region devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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