Practicing doctor on remote island to retire in 2016

Practicing doctor on remote island to retire in 2016

File photo taken in March 2008 shows Kenjiro Setoue (L), a practicing doctor on Shimo Koshiki Island off Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, receiving his likeness from cartoonist Takatoshi Yamada. Setoue, 74, the inspiration for the main character of Yamada's popular comic and TV drama series "Dr. Koto's Clinic," will retire in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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