Body found on mountain confirmed as 'Crayon Shinchan' cartoonist

TOKYO, Japan - A helicopter from the Gunma Prefectural Police recovers a body found on 1,423-meter-high Mt. Arafune straddling Gunma and Nagano prefectures on Sept. 20, 2009. The body was later confirmed as that of Yoshihito Usui, cartoonist of the popular ''Crayon Shinchan'' series adapted for TV and film.

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