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Ex-Peru President Fujimori dies at 86

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori delivers a speech in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima on April 22, 1997, following the end of a 127-day hostage crisis at the residence. Fujimori died on Sept. 11, 2024, aged 86.

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Shoichi YOKOI

Shown in the photo was Shoichi YOKOI, a former Japanese soldier who made a dramatic return to Japan on Jan. 24, 1972, after living in the jungles of Guam for more than 26 years without knowing World War II had ended. He died of a heart attack at a Nagoya hospital on Sept. 22, 1997. He was 82. He said upon arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport that he felt ''ashamed to come home'' alive, 31 years after he left Japan for fighting in the war.

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Shoichi YOKOI

Shown in the photo was Shoichi YOKOI, a former Japanese soldier who made a dramatic return to Japan on Jan. 24, 1972, after living in the jungles of Guam for more than 26 years without knowing World War II had ended. He died of a heart attack at a Nagoya hospital on Sept. 22, 1997. He was 82. He said upon arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport that he felt ''ashamed to come home'' alive, 31 years after he left Japan for fighting in the war. (Photo was taken in January, 1972 when he was rescured in Guam.)