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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section created by animation film director Shoji Kawamori at the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of the event's start on April 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section created by animation film director Shoji Kawamori at the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of the event's start on April 13.

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JOC executive board member Kawamori dies

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Kawamori (file photo), a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) executive board member, died of a liver ailment Dec. 29 at a hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, sports officials said Jan. 6. She was 54. Kawamori became the first female JOC executive board member in 1991. (Kyodo)

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French literature translator Kawamori dies

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshizo Kawamori (in this file photo), a noted translator of French literature and recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit, died of lung cancer March 27 at Kawakita General Hospital in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. He was 97. A native of Osaka Prefecture, Kawamori was known for his many translations of works by French writers such as Andre Gide, Jean Cocteau and Guy de Maupassant, as well as his ''Esprit and Humor,'' an introduction to a humorous French short story.