Toy maker presidents join Christmas sales campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Amid an economic slump, presidents of major Japanese toy makers wearing Santa Claus outfits join a Christmas sales campaign in the upscale Ginza district of Tokyo on Dec. 20.

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