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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in June 1994 at the parliament building in Tokyo shows (from R) Liberal Democratic Party leader Yohei Kono, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of the Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake leader Masayoshi Takemura shaking hands before a meeting to form the Cabinet of their new coalition government. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Members of Antarctic expeditions to hold reunion in Himalayas

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Murayama, who participated in Japan's first expedition to the South Pole in 1956, is shown at his home in Tokyo recently looking at photos of the expedition. He said he and his former colleagues will hold a reunion in the Himalayas in December.

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Members of Antarctic expeditions to hold reunion in Himalayas

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Murayama, who participated in Japan's first expedition to the South Pole in 1956, is shown at his home in Tokyo recently looking at photos of the expedition. He said he and his former colleagues will hold a reunion in the Himalayas in December. (Kyodo)