Tsurunen hopes to fulfill expectations of Japanese

Tsurunen hopes to fulfill expectations of Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese citizen from Finland, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 15. He said he believes his election to the Diet as the first Caucasian-Japanese was down to expectations among voters that maybe he can do something new. ''It's not support, but it's expectations,'' said Tsurunen, 61, who took up a vacated seat in the House of Councillors as a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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