'Tiger Mask' charity movement continues

GIFU, Japan - The head of a children's welfare facility in Gifu, Japan, opens a box of gifts for children sent by an anonymous donor identified only as ''Date Naoto,'' the hero of the 1960s comic series Tiger Mask. Hundreds of donations in cash, stationary, knapsacks and other items have been delivered to nationwide welfare facilities for children under the names of ''Date Naoto'' and other comic and cartoon characters since Christmas Day.

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