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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in April 2019 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, serving tea during a ceremony at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in April 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, giving a lecture in Osaka, western Japan. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in Tokyo in October 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Philippines: Strong Winds And Flooding Hit Luzon As Typhoon Gaemi Intensifies Monsoon 3

Severe impacts from Typhoon Gaemi, locally named Carina, were being felt in the Philippines on Tuesday, July 23, as it continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, bringing strong winds and flooding to parts of Luzon island. As of Tuesday morning, Gaemi slightly intensified and prompted Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No.2 over parts of the northernmost province of Batanes. The western portion of Luzon saw major flooding since Monday.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head at U.N. HQ

Photo taken from UN Web TV footage shows 100-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, and a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, presenting ceremonial tea offering for peace at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 13, 2023.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head in Sydney

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, serves tea at a ceremony in Sydney on June 9, 2023.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head in Sydney

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech in Sydney on June 9, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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100-year-old ex-Urasenke master

One hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech at a meeting hosted by the Kansai Press Club in Osaka on April 28, 2023.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) is served by former grand tea master Genshitsu Sen at a tea ceremony in the Japanese ancient capital of Kyoto on Aug. 31. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013.

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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Takanohana elected to JSA board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stable master and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana casts his ballot to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among the 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected to the board.

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China's Vice Premier Wu enjoys tea ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (L) is briefed by former grand tea master Sen Genshitsu on a tea ceremony at a hotel in Nagoya on May 18.

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Chief of Crown Prince's Household to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Furukawa (file photo), chief official in charge of the Crown Prince's Household, will retire at the end of April, Imperial Household Agency sources said April 19. Furukawa, 70, a former Foreign Ministry official and ambassador to Ireland, became grand master of the household in January 1996.

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Georges Serignac - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Dominique Deniaud - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Georges Serignac - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Nargis Anwari - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Dominique Deniaud - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Nargis Anwari - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Rachel Khan - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Nargis Anwari - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Rachel Khan - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Dominique Deniaud - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on The condition of women at the Grand Orient de France

Rachel Khan - A conference was organized by the Grand Orient, inviting to speak Rachel Khan, philosopher and jurist, Nargis Anwari, exiled Afghan sports journalist, Dominique Deniaud, former high-level athlete and founder of the association second wind, in the presence of the Grand Master of Grand Orient Georges Sérignac. Paris, France, on October 02, 2021. Photo by Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) is served by former grand tea master Genshitsu Sen at a tea ceremony in the Japanese ancient capital of Kyoto on Aug. 31. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Sumo: Hakkaku named new JSA chairman

Sumo stable master and former wrestler Hakkaku attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2015, after being named as new chairman of the Japan Sumo Association. The 52-year-old Hakkaku, formerly the yokozuna Hokutoumi, has been serving as the JSA's acting chairman since the sudden death of chairman Kitanoumi during November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu shows "way of tea" in China

Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, displays "the way of tea" in front of Chinese students at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu gives lecture in China

Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, gives a lecture at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the university's Beijing Center for Japanese Studies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu lectures in China

Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, lectures at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo