Literary critic Jun Eto commits suicide+

Literary critic Jun Eto commits suicide+

TOKYO, Japan - Literary critic Jun Eto commits suicide at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture and is found dead on July 21. He is 66. The conservative critic apparently cuts his wrist and died in his bathroom and died from loss of blood. Kyodo News file photo shows Eto, whose real name is Atsuo Egashira, has an interview at his home in July 1996.

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