THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 23, 2021 at 18:10 JST
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 wave to other diners at a Gonpachi “izakaya” pub operated by Global-Dining Inc. in Tokyo’s Nishi-Azabu district. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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