Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony marking the completion of a statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is held in Kobe's Nagata Ward in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009. The iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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