Japan will not send senior officials to Beijing Olympics

Japan will not send a government delegation to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, a decision seen as in line with a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the sporting spectacle over China's human rights record.But Japanese athletes will attend the February games as scheduled. Japan will send Seiko Hashimoto, a House of Councillors lawmaker and president of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held this summer, and two others, Kishida told reporters.The Japanese government gave up on a plan to send senior officials to the Beijin…READ FULL ARTICLE