Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Dies; LDP Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama Says "We Have Lost Someone Important at an Important Time"
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Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has passed away. Mr. Fukuda was a politician who served as Prime Minister of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Hiroshi Moriyama, former Secretary-General of the LDP who serves as chairman of the cross-party Japan-China Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, spoke on the 28th about Mr. Fukuda's death. Mr. Moriyama said, "He had the full trust of China," emphasizing that Mr. Fukuda was strongly trusted by China.
Mr. Moriyama also said, "We have lost someone important at an important time," expressing his regret over Mr. Fukuda's death. The Japan-China Friendship Parliamentary Alliance is an organization in which lawmakers from Japan and China have worked together to deepen the relationship between the two countries. Mr. Fukuda is known as a politician who valued relations between Japan and China.
With Mr. Fukuda's death, Japan has lost one of the politicians who was involved in Japan-China relations. Attention is now focused on how relations between Japan and China will continue going forward.
Sources: 読売新聞
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