Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States April 27, 2015. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two because of a schedule conflict, the nation's top government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Japan's ambassador to Russia will attend the ceremony instead.
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