TOKYO -- Kunio Takeda, former chairman of Takeda Pharmaceutical, died on June 8 of old age at a hospital in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, just west of Osaka. He was 84.
A wake and private funeral have already been held for close family members.
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Takeda Pharmaceutical's ex-chairman Kunio Takeda dies at 84
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Kunio Takeda, a former chairman of Takeda Pharmaceutical, speaks during an interview. (File photo by Takuya Fujisawa)
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