NAGANO, Japan -- When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, an unlikely name from more than 8,000 km away played a part in tearing it down.
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NAGANO, Japan -- When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, an unlikely name from more than 8,000 km away played a part in tearing it down.