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Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

FRANCE. CORSE-DU-SUD (2A) AJACCIO. COSTUME EXPO AT THE MAISON BONAPARTE (BONAPARTE HOUSE MUSEUM). PRINCESS BONAPARTE, WIDOW OF INDIRECT DESCENDENT OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY, VISIT THE MUSEUM Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

FRANCE. CORSE-DU-SUD (2A) AJACCIO. COSTUME EXPO AT THE MAISON BONAPARTE (BONAPARTE HOUSE MUSEUM). PRINCESS BONAPARTE, WIDOW OF INDIRECT DESCENDENT OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY, VISIT THE MUSEUM Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gratitude to Swedish family

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Yoshiaki Kurado (L), the great-grandson of a Japanese marathoner who received help from a Swedish family after failing to complete the 1912 Stockholm Olympic race due to ill health, and a descendent of the family shake hands in the suburb of Stockholm on July 134, 2012. Kurado visited the family to express gratitude for the act of kindness 100 years ago.

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Leader of ex-rebel group in Aceh dies at 84

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Teungku Muhammad Hasan di Tiro (file photo taken in January, 2003), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for independence of the once-restive Indonesian province of Aceh, died on June 3 from complications of various illnesses. He was 84. Tiro, a descendent of the last sultan of Aceh and a grandson of Indonesian independence hero Teuku Cik di Tiro, established the now-dissolved Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, on Dec. 4, 1976, to fight for Aceh's independence.

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Descendent of 1607 Korean envoy to Japan stands under ancestor's poem

Yo Un Jun, an 11th-generation descendent of Yo U Gil, chief envoy of a Korean diplomatic mission dispatched by the Yi dynasty to Japan in 1607, shakes hands with the master priest of Seiken-ji temple in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, on May 16, 2015, under a framed Chinese poem (above) left by his ancestor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Descendent of Korean mission envoy joins Seoul-Tokyo "friendship walk"

Yo Un Jun, the 11th generation descendent of Yo U Gil, chief delegate of a Korean diplomatic mission dispatched by the Yi dynasty to Japan in 1607, participates in a "friendship walk" from Seoul to Tokyo, started on April 1, 2015, to follow the footsteps of the missions to Japan in the Edo period (1603-1867). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Descendent of 1607 Korean envoy to Japan shows reference materials

Yo Un Jun, a descendent of Yo Ugil, chief Korean envoy dispatched by the Yi dynasty to Japan in 1607, shows reference materials related to his ancestor in Seoul on March 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leader of ex-rebel group in Aceh dies at 84

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Teungku Muhammad Hasan di Tiro (file photo taken in January, 2003), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for independence of the once-restive Indonesian province of Aceh, died on June 3 from complications of various illnesses. He was 84. Tiro, a descendent of the last sultan of Aceh and a grandson of Indonesian independence hero Teuku Cik di Tiro, established the now-dissolved Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, on Dec. 4, 1976, to fight for Aceh's independence. (Kyodo)

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Rokuharamitsuji Temple

The Karamon Gate of Rokuson-o Shinto Shrine is seen facing east from the northeastern side of the Shinryu Pond. This shrine was rebuilt by Nankokushonin of Henjoshinin with the help of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1702 and completed in 1707. It enshrines Rokuson-o (Minamoto Tsunemoto, a descendent of the Genji clan. The shape of the stone fence surrounding the pond indicates that this photograph was taken before 1911.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐20‐0]

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New Japanese banknotes

Ken Shibusawa, a descendent of Japanese industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), poses with one of his ancestor's books in Tokyo on April 9, 2019, after the government announced plans to introduce new banknotes in fiscal 2024, including a 10,000 yen bill featuring Eiichi Shibusawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo