Expressing solidarity with the people of France, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday signed a book of condolences at the French Embassy＊s residency building in Tokyo as police near Paris hunted the gunmen behind a massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine.
Also Friday afternoon, a group of journalists 〞 both Japanese and foreign 〞 paid respects at the Embassy＊s residency.
The journalists handed Ambassador Thierry Dana a letter signed by more than 80 individuals. The gesture was initiated by Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia editor of The Times of London.
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