Japan’s foreign minister visits Yad Vashem, meets with Rivlin

Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem.

“I wish to express my sincerest condolences to the victims of the Holocaust and and those who lost their loved ones. I pray from the bottom of my heart that such a tragedy will never be repeated,” Kono writes in the Yad Vashem guestbook.

The Japanese foreign minister also met today with President Reuven Rivlin. He is also set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also foreign minister.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) meets with President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on December 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Heidi Levine)

 

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