People dressed up as Michael Jackson, Mario, Minions and other characters joined some 11,000 other participants in a marathon race in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday.Sendai Television Inc., a local broadcaster, organized the Tohoku Miyagi Revive Marathon to raise awareness of disaster prevention and promote a resolve to help rehabilitate the areas of northeastern Japan hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The race took in an area on the Pacific coast stretching through Natori, Iwanuma and Watari, all south of Sendai, with runners being cheered on by local people and being offere…READ FULL ARTICLE
