Historian Shosaburo Kimura dies at 76

Historian Shosaburo Kimura dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Shosaburo Kimura (in file photo), a historian and professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, died of liver cancer Oct. 17 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 76.

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