Plaque honoring novelist Soseki unveiled in London

Plaque honoring novelist Soseki unveiled in London

LONDON, England - Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume was posthumously honored March 22 with the unveiling of a historic ''blue plaque'' marking the house in Clapham, in southern London, where he lived as an exchange student between 1900 and 1902.

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