Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (C), now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, poses with some Japanese people living in Turkey after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea. (Kyodo)

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