Society
Obituaries
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NES creator Uemura dies at 78
Masayuki Uemura, who played a key role in the development of the Nintendo Entertainment System and o...
December 10, 2021
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Kazuo Hasegawa’s life and career with dementia: Late doctor advocated building supportive communities for afflicted people
Psychiatrist Kazuo Hasegawa, a leading specialist in dementia, passed away on Nov. 13 at the age of ...
December 9, 2021
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Tragedy remembered
People pause to pay tribute to Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who lost his life while doing hum...
December 5, 2021
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‘Visionary’ fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies aged 41
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Top U.S. fashion designer Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s ...
November 29, 2021
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Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90
SEOUL (Reuters) — Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country...
November 23, 2021
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Jakucho Setouchi lived with love, encouraged people
Jakucho Setouchi, who died on Tuesday at age 99, loved and lived with passion just like the women sh...
November 12, 2021
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Japanese writer Jakucho Setouchi dies at 99
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese writer and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi, whose wide-ranging works inc...
November 11, 2021
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