TOKYO -- When the iconic hotel Okura Tokyo reopened earlier this month after spending four years under construction cranes, a stone monument was quietly unveiled on the premises.
"The origins of the Chinese United League," the inscription reads.
The new Okura Tokyo has recognized the hallowed grounds on which it stands with a monument to the Chinese United League, whose guiding members chose Sun Yat-sen as their leader. (Nikkei Montage by AP/Ken Kobayashi)
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