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Japan's oldest person dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2010 shows Chiyono Hasegawa, who died Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 115 in a nursing home in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. She was Japan's oldest person. The government said Jirouemon Kimura, a 114-year-old man in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is now the country's oldest person.

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Japan's oldest person, 113-yr-old Hasegawa

SAGA, Japan - Chiyono Hasegawa, a 113-year-old woman, smiles after receiving congratulations on being Japan's oldest person, at a nursing care home in Saga Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2010, Respect-for-the-Aged Day.

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Moving firm Art makes strong debut on Tokyo, Osaka bourses

TOKYO, Japan - Chiyono Terada, president of Art Corp., Japan's largest moving company, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 22 after her company's stock debuted both at the exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

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Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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Moving firm Art makes strong debut on Tokyo, Osaka bourses

TOKYO, Japan - Chiyono Terada, president of Art Corp., Japan's largest moving company, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 22 after her company's stock debuted both at the exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest person, 113-yr-old Hasegawa

SAGA, Japan - Chiyono Hasegawa, a 113-year-old woman, smiles after receiving congratulations on being Japan's oldest person, at a nursing care home in Saga Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2010, Respect-for-the-Aged Day. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest person dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2010 shows Chiyono Hasegawa, who died Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 115 in a nursing home in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. She was Japan's oldest person. The government said Jirouemon Kimura, a 114-year-old man in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is now the country's oldest person. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization. (Kyodo)