Japan to provide another $21 mil. for Khmer Rouge tribunal

Japan to provide another $21 mil. for Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Jan. 11. In the talks, Nakasone said Japan will provide another $21 million to the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. (Kyodo)

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