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Japanese group to donate cherry trees to China

Japanese group to donate cherry trees to China

TOKYO, Japan - Dan Zhaoxiang (R), president of the Beijing Afforestation Foundation, presents Katsuya Fukuoka, managing director of the Japan Cherry Blossom Association, with a gift at a Tokyo hotel April 1 in return for 2,500 flowering cherry tree seedlings to be donated to China by the Japanese group in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties.

Japanese group to donate cherry trees to China

Japanese group to donate cherry trees to China

TOKYO, Japan - Dan Zhaoxiang (R), president of the Beijing Afforestation Foundation, presents Katsuya Fukuoka, managing director of the Japan Cherry Blossom Association, with a gift at a Tokyo hotel April 1 in return for 2,500 flowering cherry tree seedlings to be donated to China by the Japanese group in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties.