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Japan ruling LDP faction chief Wataru Takeshita dies at 74
Party's third largest group fielded no candidate in ongoing leadership race
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Jean-Paul Belmondo, a national treasure of French cinema
Talented actor charmed movigoers around the world
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Abimael Guzman, Maoist rebel leader in Peru, dies at 86
Shining Path founder was imprisoned under then-President Alberto Fujimori
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Robert 'Skipp' Orr, an American patriot who loved Japan
Former US ambassador to ADB and president of Boeing Japan dies at 68
International relations
New German ambassador to China, ex-Merkel adviser, dies at 54
'Sudden death' came just two weeks into the job to bridge Berlin and Beijing
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'Sonny' Chiba, veteran action star of 'Kill Bill,' dies of COVID-19
Japanese actor's career began in 1960s and earned him international fame
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Maki Kaji, Japan's 'Godfather of Sudoku,' dies at 69
University dropout worked for printing company before founding puzzle magazine
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Japanese Nobel laureate Toshihide Masukawa dies at 81
Predicted the existence of new quarks to explain the concept of broken symmetry
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Hiroaki Nakanishi, former chief of Japan business lobby, dies at 75
Ex-Hitachi chairman stepped down as Keidanren leader in June for health reasons
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Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Initial success in Afghanistan, Iraq followed by unrest
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Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino was the transitional leader Filipinos needed
Former president left the country more stable, prosperous and democratic
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Former Philippine President 'Noynoy' Aquino dies at 61
Loved by investors and loathed by China, he presided over an economic boom
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Takashi Tachibana, reporter of ex-PM Tanaka scandal, dies at 80
'Intellectual giant' exposed bribery between Japan and US manufacturer Lockheed
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Nobel-winning chemist Ei-ichi Negishi dead at 85
Japanese scientist did pioneering work in organic compounds used in drugs and farming
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Yuan Longping, rice researcher who helped feed China, dies at 90
Father of hybrid strains spent half a century fending off hunger
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Yale investor David Swensen, seeder of China's Hillhouse, dies
Legendary endowment manager mentored Zhang Lei
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Walter Mondale was the epitome of the heavyweight ambassador
Former vice president played a historic role in the return of Futenma base
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Mondale remembered as a statesman who listened to Okinawa
Vice president-turned-diplomat pushed for return of Futenma base
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Walter Mondale, former US vice president and Japan ambassador, dies at 93
Liberal icon lost to Ronald Reagan in 1984 election after serving under Carter
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Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99
Duke of Edinburgh to lie in state at St James's Palace before being buried at Windsor Castle
