High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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