Ambassador Stephen Gomersall joined fellow Britons and a number of Japanese observers to witness the results of the election roll in over a buffet breakfast Friday morning at the British Embassy.
Among the Japanese politicians present was former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who also serves as chairman of the Anglo-Japanese parliamentary group.
"There is a feeling that Westminster is a model of democracy and there is a high level of interest in the way the British Parliament does things and the way in which things are changing," Gomersall said.
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