By NAOTAKA FUJITA/ Senior Staff Writer
December 23, 2021 at 12:30 JST
Peruvian President-elect Alberto Fujimori is welcomed by residents in his parents’ hometown, Kawachi town, currently Kumamoto city, in Kumamoto Prefecture in July 1990. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A top Japanese diplomat advised his government not to go overboard in welcoming new Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori when he was planning to visit Japan in 1990 after winning the vote to become the country’s first president of Japanese descent. [Read More]
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