Actor Fujioka named to head team for Gunma publicity blitz

Actor Fujioka named to head team for Gunma publicity blitz

MAEBASHI, Japan - Actor Hiroshi Fujioka (L), named as head of a "Gunma expedition team" to promote Gunma Prefecture, receives an appointment letter from Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa on March 4, 2014 in Tokyo, as Gunma-chan (R), the official mascot of the eastern Japan prefecture, looks on.

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