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.
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.
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