Tokyo governor gets sash after end of 1,000-km Aomori-Tokyo relay

Tokyo governor gets sash after end of 1,000-km Aomori-Tokyo relay

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (R) receives a sash from Shingo Kunieda (3rd from L), a leading Japanese wheelchair tennis player, after the end 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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