Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) finishes his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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