Japanese sushi chef who had cooked for Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il between 1989 and 2001 places his recently published book and a letter into an envelope during a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 26, 2012. The 65-year-old, known by the alias Kenji Fujimoto, said he will mail them to the current North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, one of the sons of Kim Jong Il.

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