Japanese lawmaker drowns in Maldives
[Japan Today] - 12/29/2024
A 70-year-old lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died in a drowning accident while visiting the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives. According to multiple sources,…
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