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09/07, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo
Russia withdraws from the reciprocal visa-free program for Japanese residents to the Northern Territories as a former Dentsu exec receives yet another warrant for his arrest following further claims of Olympic related bribery. Meanwhile, we briefly look at the writer Sanjugo Naoki (1891-1927) whose name lends the Naoki Prize its name and whose tomb is now found at Choshu-ji Temple, in Yokohama not far from Negishi Bay.
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