100 Santas visit 2011 disaster-hit Japan prefecture

100 Santas visit 2011 disaster-hit Japan prefecture

About 100 Santa Claus-look volunteers from around Japan visit shelters and child care facilities in Iwate Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, on Dec. 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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