Buddhist monk Sakai dies

Buddhist monk Sakai dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2007 shows Japanese Buddhist monk Yusai Sakai. Sakai, known for twice achieving a significant feat of ascetic training in the 1980s, died of heart failure on Sept. 23, 2013. He was 87.

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