Japan's wrestler-turned-lawmaker to visit N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker. Inoki, a House of Councillors member of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, plans to visit North Korea in early November 2013 for sports exchanges, several sources close to him said Oct. 25, 2013.

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