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Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in July 1982 shows Japanese musician and actor Johnny Okura (far L) attending a press conference to announce production of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," with the director of the film, Nagisa Oshima (2nd from R) and costars, including comedian-actor Beat Takeshi (far R) and musician-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto (2nd from L). Okura died of pneumonia on Nov. 19, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62.

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Japan's oldest zebra

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013, shows Ran (R), a 31-year-old female zebra, and another zebra at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan. Ran, born in 1982 at a zoo in Miyazaki and brought to Kochi the following year, is the oldest common zebra in Japan.

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Japan's oldest zebra

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013, shows Ran, a 31-year-old female zebra, and her keeper at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan. Ran, born in 1982 at a zoo in Miyazaki and brought to Kochi the following year, is the oldest common zebra in Japan.

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1982 shows sumo elder Naruto, then Takanosato, holding the trophy after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. He died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011, at the age of 59.

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Former deputy premier Gotoda dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Gotoda (photo taken in Nov. 1982), a former Japanese deputy prime minister, died Sept. 19 at age 91, his aides said Sept. 21. Gotoda, a former National Police Agency chief, assumed key posts such as justice minister and chief Cabinet secretary as a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker before quitting politics in 1996.

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Zenko Suzuki

Zenko Suzuki Born on Jan. 11, 1911 in Iwate Prefecture. After graduating from the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry's Fisheries Institute (now Tokyo University of Fisheries) in 1935, Suzuki worked for various fisheries organizations. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1947. Suzuki became Japan's 70th prime minister on July 17, 1980 following the sudden death of then Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira. He served as premier until Nov. 27, 1982. Photo was taken in February, 1986.

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Japan's ASDF holds air show in Hamamatsu

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Spectators watch a flight formation of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force ''Blue Impulse'' team at an air show at the ASDF Hamamatsu camp Nov. 14. Some 140,000 spectators enjoyed the show. The show was held in Hamamatsu, central Japan, for the first time since a Blue Impulse crash at the 1982 event.

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40th anniv. of Joetsu Shinkansen

Railway fans take photos of a shinkansen bullet train at JR Niigata Station on Nov. 12, 2022, three days before the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line, linking the Tokyo area and Niigata. The train is painted in the colors of the trains used when the line opened in 1982.

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40th anniv. of Joetsu Shinkansen

A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Niigata Station on Nov. 12, 2022, after a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line, linking the Tokyo area and Niigata. The train is painted in the colors of the trains used when the line opened in 1982.

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Former deputy premier Gotoda dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Gotoda (photo taken in Nov. 1982), a former Japanese deputy prime minister, died Sept. 19 at age 91, his aides said Sept. 21. Gotoda, a former National Police Agency chief, assumed key posts such as justice minister and chief Cabinet secretary as a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker before quitting politics in 1996. (Kyodo)

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1982 shows sumo elder Naruto, then Takanosato, holding the trophy after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. He died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011, at the age of 59. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea newspapers report death of ex-Japan PM Nakasone

Photo taken in Seoul shows South Korean newspapers on Nov. 30, 2019, reporting on the death the previous day of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at the age of 101. Nakasone served as prime minister from 1982 to 1987. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone dies at 101

File photo taken in November 1982 shows Yasuhiro Nakasone being named as Japan's prime minister at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo. Nakasone died on Nov. 29, 2019, at age 101. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone dies at 101

File photo taken in December 1982 shows Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone swimming at a hotel in Tokyo. Nakasone died on Nov. 29, 2019, at age 101. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ASDF holds air show in Hamamatsu

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Spectators watch a flight formation of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force ''Blue Impulse'' team at an air show at the ASDF Hamamatsu camp Nov. 14. Some 140,000 spectators enjoyed the show. The show was held in Hamamatsu, central Japan, for the first time since a Blue Impulse crash at the 1982 event.

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French artist Yves Montand in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - French artist Yves Montand (R) talks in Tokyo about an antinuclear convention with Senji Yamaguchi who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The photo was taken on Nov. 9, 1982. (Kyodo)