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PETTIGREW TO ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

June 7, 2000 (2:25 p.m. EDT) No. 143

PETTIGREW TO ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will attend the memorial service in Tokyo on June 8 for the late Keizo Obuchi, the former Prime Minister of Japan. Mr. Obuchi died May 14 after suffering a massive stroke on April 2.

Minister Pettigrew will represent the Government of Canada at the service. He will head to Japan from Australia, where he is currently attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministerial Meeting in Darwin. Canadian Ambassador to Japan Leonard J. Edwards will also attend the service.

Former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He is survived by his wife and their three children.

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