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Japanese Buddhist Monk and Anti-nuclear campaigner Toyoshige Sekiguchi prays at the outer security gate leading to the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 18, 2013. Toyoshige Sekiguchi, from Japan, has spent the last nine days walking from Belfast to Enniskillen carrying a banner and beating a small drum. The 48-year-old said he has been marching for peace since 2009, and last year walked 200 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the USA's G8 summit venue at Camp David in Maryland.
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Last year I went to the USA to the Camp David G8 summit ... I walked from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the summit at Camp David. It took me around 14 days. At that time I carried my equipment in a rucksack, so it was a little difficult to peace march in the USA and to find the accommodation.More quotes »
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