The content originally appeared on: CNN Tokyo (CNN)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. Japan 'believes that respect for human rights is important,' Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a news conference. 'We made a decision comprehensively.' Tokyo Olympics Chief Seiko Hashimoto, Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita, and Japan Paralympic Chief Kazuyuki Mori […]
