JAPAN: MOURNERS GATHER AT HOME OF FORMER JAPANESE PRIME KEIZO OBUCHI IN TOKYO TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS

Record ID: 981399

  • Title: JAPAN: MOURNERS GATHER AT HOME OF FORMER JAPANESE PRIME KEIZO OBUCHI IN TOKYO TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS
  • Date: 15th May 2000
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 15, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF REPORTERS OUTSIDE FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KEIZO OBUCHI'S HOUSE 0.05 2. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS STREAMING INTO GATE OF OBUCHI'S HOUSE (3 SHOTS) 0.28 3. SV: ONLOOKERS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE 0.33 4. SLV: POLITICIANS ENTERING THE HOUSE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS 0.41 5. WS: STREET WITH TELEVISION SATELLITE VANS 0.47 TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 15, 2000) (TV TOKYO - NO ACCESS JAPAN/SEE ABOVE FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS) 6. MV: CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN AND ACTING PRIME MINISTER MIKIO AOKI AT NEWS CONFERENCE 0.52 7. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN AND ACTING PRIME MINISTER MIKIO AOKI SAYING: "It is not necessary for me to tell you every detail (of our conversation). If you doubt every word, there would be no end. It was a conversation between two people and you will just have to believe me. The relationship between the chief cabinet press secretary and the prime minister is not only that the top authority and his aide, it is also like that of an intimate, family relationship, where body and spirit are one and well-concerted." 1.21 TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 15, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. MV: KIOSK AT STATION WITH NEWSPAPERS 1.27 9. ZOOM INTO NEWSPAPER OF PICTURE OF OBUCHI 1.36 10. SV: MAN BUYING NEWSPAPER 1.42 11. WIDE OF SQUARE IN FRONT OF STATION 1.47 12. SV: MAN READING NEWSPAPER 1.51 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) SUSUMU KIMIZUKA SAYING: "At first he was called a 'cold pizza' and I thought that a prime minister who was only good at coordinating would not be good for Japan. But, as a person, I think he was good." 2.04 14. SV: PEOPLE SEATED IN SQUARE, READING NEWSPAPERS 2.08 15. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) RYOKO HAYASHI SAYING: "It was a big shock (that he died). It seemed that Obuchi was looking at all of us individually. He is a little different from (current) Prime Minister (Yoshiro) Mori. He was nicknamed 'Buchi-phone' (for his propensity to make phone calls to everyone and nearly anyone) by some people and was well known by everyone, and I am very sorry that he died." 2.29 16. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) KENJI SEKINE SAYING: "He did not leave a lasting impression (on me)." 2.33 17. MV: JAPANESE CROSSING STREET 2.39 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA3DSVVFVZWL1MHN6KDYUBUAX2F
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