THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 22, 2025 at 16:55 JST
Iwao Hakamata attended the Mass when the pope visited Japan and held a prayer service at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 25, 2019. After attending the Mass, Hakamata held a news conference later that day at the Japan Federation of Bar Associations’ building in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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