BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Japan with his wife for an official visit.
He was received by Prime Minister Sanae, but without her husband, Mr. Taku Yamamoto, whose absence broke the diplomatic “reciprocity” protocol.
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The Japanese prime minister’s husband is partly paralyzed and in a wheelchair after suffering an ischemic stroke a few months ago. According to diplomatic protocol, the sick and infirm are excused from attending.
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