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Ezra Vogel used to make frequent visits to Tokyo and would usually stay at International House, where he was interviewed by a Nikkei reporter in October 2018. (Photo by Kenji Kawase) 

KENJI KAWASE

NAGOYA, Japan -- When family members of the late American academic Ezra Vogel recently gathered in Nagoya, in central Japan, to commemorate the opening of a university library in his name, they discussed his intellectual legacy and donation of over 3,000 books to the library.

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