Mori files defamation suit against magazine

Mori files defamation suit against magazine

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenori Yamamoto (C), lawyer for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, talks to reporters May 17 after filing on behalf of the premier a suit against a monthly magazine and its publisher, alleging they defamed him in an article that claimed police caught Mori in a brothel more than four decades ago.

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