Inoki hopes sports event to improve Japan-N. Korea ties

Inoki hopes sports event to improve Japan-N. Korea ties

TOKYO, Japan - Parliamentarian and former pro-wrestling star Antonio Inoki attends a press conference on Aug. 21, 2014, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Inoki said he hopes a martial arts event he will co-host later this month in Pyongyang will improve Japan-North Korea ties.

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