Japanese lawmaker returns from N. Korea

Japanese lawmaker returns from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki answers reporters' questions upon arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 30, 2013, from a visit to North Korea by way of Beijing. Inoki said he held talks with North Korea's senior officials including the country's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.

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