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Article: 1st Ld: Japanese PM to attend opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics

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July 6, 2008
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1st Ld: Japanese PM to attend opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics

TOYAKO, Japan, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda officially announced here Sunday that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

Fukuda made the announcement at a joint news conference in the northern Japanese resort of Toyako with U.S. President George W. Bush.

Fukuda said that he kept his decision up to now because he had to work out his schedule since there would be an important domestic event the day after the opening ceremony. But ...

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