Centenarian journalist honored with belated university diploma

Centenarian journalist honored with belated university diploma

Centenarian journalist Takeji Muno (far L, front row) poses for a memorial photo after belatedly receiving a diploma at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Tokyo's western suburb of Chofu on Oct. 31, 2015. Looking back on his university years, Muno, who entered the university's predecessor in 1932, said he was in a miserable situation as he lived through the era of militarism that toyed with the fate of an individual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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