TOKYO -- Japan is unlikely to send cabinet members to the Beijing Olympics in February, Nikkei has learned, in a move that would align it with a U.S. diplomatic boycott over China's alleged human rights abuses.
International relations
Japan unlikely to send cabinet members to Beijing Olympics
Kishida may ask Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto to attend instead
The Olympic flame is placed on a podium inside the Olympic Tower in Beijing on Dec. 10. © Reuters
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