Ex-BOJ official touts row of cherry trees

Ex-BOJ official touts row of cherry trees

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Miyasaka beams as he stands along the 1-kilometer-long row of Somei Yoshino trees in Tokyo's Fussa city on April 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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