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Political circles demand Japan s formal apology over diplomat s lewd comment about President Moon Posted : 2021-07-18 15:08 Updated : 2021-07-18 15:21 Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun, right, speaks with Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Aiboshi at the foreign ministry in Seoul, Saturday. Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Envoy s gaffe presents new stumbling block to Moon s Tokyo Olympics visit By Kang Seung-woo Politicians here have criticized a senior Japanese diplomat s highly inappropriate remarks about President Moon Jae-in, urging the Japanese government to make a formal apology. Hirohisa Soma, the deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, reportedly ridiculed the president s efforts to hold a summit with Japan s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the sidelines of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, describing it as masturbating. He made the remark during a meeting with a reporter from a local cable network.

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