Tokyo residents pay their respects to late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.<br/> <br />Visitors to the Venezuelan Embassy penned their condolences to Chavez, who died on Tuesday at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARY VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, KENTA WAKABAYASHI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Hugo Chavez was a leader who had a profound impact on the peoples of South and Central America. I came here to show my heartfelt respects, to offer my deepest condolences on his passing."<br/> <br />Leftist activists in the Philippines did the same, filing into the Venezuelan Embassy in Manila.<br/> <br />They lauded Chavez's pro-poor, anti-Western policies.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) OFFICER OF BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN (NEW PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE), RITA BAUA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"His lasting legacy is strong anti-U.S. imperialism. In a world which is now dominated by U.S. imperialism, he was a real beacon."<br/> <br />Chavez's socialist policies won him the adoration of poo
