Ex-Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki dies at 99

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in April 1991, Shunichi Suzuki sits in the Tokyo governor's room at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in the capital's Shinjuku district on the first day of work after it was moved from Yurakucho in Chiyoda Ward. Suzuki, who served four four-year terms as governor of the capital from 1979, died on May 14, 2010. He was 99.

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