WorldYasuo Fukuda, Japan’s pro-China former prime minister, dies aged 90
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party announced that Yasuo Fukuda, prime minister from 2007 to 2008, has died aged 90. China’s foreign ministry called him an “old friend of the Chinese people” and praised his contribution to improving ties with Japan, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi commended his work in office.
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Yasuo Fukuda, Japan’s pro-China former prime minister, dies aged 90
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