Japan Innovation Party expels lawmaker Suzuki over Russia trip
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A Japanese lawmaker who recently visited Russia and told local media he is "100 percent" confident that Moscow will win the war on Ukraine left an opposition party Tuesday after the party decided to remove him. Muneo Suzuki, a 75-year-old House of Councillors member, who has long championed close ties…