CORRECTED Violinist Kuechl becomes goodwill ambassador for Kawasa

YOKOHAMA, Japan - CORRECTING ''TO'' TO ''FOR'' IN HEADLINE Vienna Philharmonic concertmaster Rainer Kuechl plays the violin at the Kawasaki city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2010. Kuechl was designated as a goodwill ambassador by the city, hometown of his wife Machiko, to help make Japan and Austria closer. (Kyodo)

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