Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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