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Japan, which just hosted the Summer Olympics, will not send government ministers to the Beijing Winter Games, in line with a similar move by the U.S.

Japan will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the government said Friday – but stopped short of calling the decision a diplomatic boycott.

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Japan will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the government said Friday – but stopped short of calling the decision a diplomatic boycott.