Prime Minister Mori mourns ex-premier's death

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) pays his respects to the late premier Keizo obuchi at a private funeral held by Obuchi's family in Tokyo's Aoyama Funeral Hall on May 16. Obuchi died on May 14, six weeks after suffering a stroke and lapsing into a coma.

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