Tohoku students run L.A. marathon

LOS ANGELES, United States - Students or recent high school graduates who lost parents in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and staff members of Ashinaga, a Tokyo-based charity that supports orphans, cheer for runners in the Los Angeles marathon in Los Angeles, California, on March 18, 2012. Their group included eight college students participating in the event from Japan's northeastern Tohoku region, which was ravaged by the March disaster.

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