Pele in Japan, promotes World Cup in Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian football legend Pele (L) shakes hands with Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011. Pele, who is visiting Japan to promote the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil, handed Fujimura an ''invitation'' from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the people in Japan to come to the World Cup.

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