TOKYO -- Shin-Etsu Chemical Chairman Chihiro Kanagawa died of pneumonia on Jan. 1, the Japanese company announced on Thursday. Kanagawa was 96.
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Chihiro Kanagawa: The chairman of Shin-Etsu Chemical died on Jan. 1.
TOKYO -- Shin-Etsu Chemical Chairman Chihiro Kanagawa died of pneumonia on Jan. 1, the Japanese company announced on Thursday. Kanagawa was 96.