Winning mascot character makes triumphant return

Winning mascot character makes triumphant return

MAEBASHI, Japan - "Gunma-chan," a mascot character representing Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, poses at the prefectural government building in Maebashi on Nov. 5, 2014, after winning a national mascot character contest two days earlier.

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