Fukuda receives flowering plum bonsai from shrine's 'Plum Missio

Fukuda receives flowering plum bonsai from shrine's 'Plum Missio

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda receives two pots of blossoming plum bonsai at the Prime Minister's Office on Feb. 6 from members of the ''Plum Mission'' of Tenmangu shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture.(Kyodo)

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