The Bosnia-Herzegovina ambassador is to leave Japan next week, cutting short his assignment following the death of his wife, he told The Japan Times on Tuesday.
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Benjamin Markin came to Japan in late 1998 to set up an embassy in Tokyo with the hope of communicating what the war-torn country had been through, as well as his aspirations for rebuilding the Balkan country.