Japan says it won't send government officials to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
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By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the government said Friday — but stopped short of calling the decision a diplomatic boycott.
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By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the government said Friday — but stopped short of calling the decision a diplomatic boycott.
Japan has said it won't dispatch a government delegation to the event in February, but refused to call it a boycott. China is Tokyo's largest trading partner.
Japan will not send a government delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February, it said on Friday, a move likely to deepen tension with China.
Japan does not plan to send government officials to February's Beijing Olympics, Tokyo said Friday, after the US and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts over rights concerns.
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