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Celebrities join 'Ice Bucket Challenge' in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Several Japanese celebrities pour buckets of ice water over their heads during the "Ice Bucket Challenge" awareness-raising activity for the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Rakuten CEO joins 'Ice Bucket Challenge' in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (front C) gets soaked with a bucket of ice water during the "Ice Bucket Challenge" awareness-raising activity for the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2014, as wheel-chaired ALS patient Masahiro Fujita (rear R) looks on.

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Ice bucket challenge draws 27 mil. yen for Japan ALS group

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiaki Kanazawa (C), secretary general of the Japan Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, tells a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014, that the group has received a total of 27.47 million yen in donations through the ice bucket challenge from around 3,000 people in Japan and abroad in the two weeks through Aug. 31, while donations for a typical year come to around 6 million yen. At left is Hiroki Okabe, a 56-year-old ALS patient who serves as vice chief of the group. (Kyodo)