Anglo-Japanese rugby match commemorates slain diplomat Oku

Anglo-Japanese rugby match commemorates slain diplomat Oku

LONDON, England - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Yoshiji Nogami (L) hands a trophy to the captain of a British rugby team after a match played in western London on Nov. 26 to commemorate slain Japanese diplomat Katsuhiko Oku's contribution to friendship between the two countries. The match was held between a team of Japanese businessmen and students living in Britain and a team of British graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities. Oku, who was killed in Iraq in 2003, was a rugby player when he studied at Oxford University.

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