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Akira Murata, Murata Manufacturing founder, dies at 84

OSAKA, Japan - Akira Murata (file photo), the founder and honorary chairman of Japan's major electronic components maker Murata Manufacturing Co., died of pneumonia at a Kyoto hospital on Feb. 3. He was 84.

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Akira Murata, Murata Manufacturing founder, dies at 84

OSAKA, Japan - Akira Murata (file photo), the founder and honorary chairman of Japan's major electronic components maker Murata Manufacturing Co., died of pneumonia at a Kyoto hospital on Feb. 3. He was 84. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Materials probing all operations amid data scandal

Akira Takeuchi (2nd from R), president of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Hiroaki Murata (R), president of Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd., and Kazumasa Hori (far L), president of Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2017, held in the wake of data falsification found at Mitsubishi Materials and three of its subsidiaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo