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Japan Media Mourns Death of Cancer-Fighting Newsreader Mao Kobayashi

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The death of a former newsreader who won acclaim for blogging about her breast cancer fight hit the headlines Saturday in Japan, with the media and officials praising her courage. Mao Kobayashi died Thursday aged 34, her husband and popular kabuki actor, Ebizo Ichikawa, said Friday at a nationally televised news conference attended by about … Read more

Murakami Calls For Fight Against History Revisionism

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Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author perennially pegged as a contender for the Nobel literature prize, has called for a fight against historical revisionism in a rare interview with Japanese media published on Sunday. His comments came after a successful Japanese hotel chain operator triggered an angry backlash from China earlier this year for his book … Read more