BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Japan with his wife for an official visit.
He was received by Prime Minister Sanae, but without her husband, Mr. Taku Yamamoto, whose absence broke the diplomatic “reciprocity” protocol. pic.twitter.com/0my2MXrX4V
Takaichi's husband, Yamamoto Taku, is usually not at public events because he had a stroke last year and is unable to move the right side of his body. It is extremely misleading to imply that his absence here is some kind of diplomatic slight against the Macrons & France. https://t.co/GLPZDBH5ry
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速報：フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領が妻を伴って公式訪問のため日本に到着しました。
彼は首相のサナエ氏によって迎えられましたが、彼女の夫であるタク・ヤマモト氏抜きで、外交の「相互主義」プロトコルが破られた形で、ヤマモト氏の不在が問題となりました。
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