Artist Murakami, actor Watanabe at N.Y. quake-relief auction

Artist Murakami, actor Watanabe at N.Y. quake-relief auction

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Takashi Murakami (L) and actor Ken Watanabe (C) speak with reporters after an auction at Christie's in New York to raise funds for the victims of the March 11 disaster in Japan, on Nov. 9, 2011. Watanabe read a poem, ''Ame ni mo makezu (Undaunted by Rain),'' by Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), in English and Japanese, at the start of the auction featuring contemporary artworks by Murakami and others. (Kyodo)

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