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Japan Actress, Adventurer Masako Izumi Dies at 77

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:43 JST, July 18, 2025

Masako Izumi, an actress and adventurer who was the first Japanese woman to reach the North Pole, died of a cancer of unknown primary origin on July 9 at 77.

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