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Social psychology pioneer Minami dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pioneer social psychologist Hiroshi Minami (file photo) died Dec. 17 of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. Minami, a professor emeritus at the state-run Hitotsubashi University, wrote numerous books, including ''Shakai Shinrigaku'' (Social Psychology) in 1949, which has been used as a standard textbook at Japanese universities.

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Social psychology pioneer Minami dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pioneer social psychologist Hiroshi Minami (file photo) died Dec. 17 of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. Minami, a professor emeritus at the state-run Hitotsubashi University, wrote numerous books, including ''Shakai Shinrigaku'' (Social Psychology) in 1949, which has been used as a standard textbook at Japanese universities.

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Welfare body chairman arrested over state subsidy scandal

OSAKA, Japan - Ichiro Ueno, a former vice chairman of Tokyo-based Zenkoku Seishin Shogaisha Shakai Fukki Shisetsu Kyokai (the national association for assisting the rehabilitation of mentally disabled people), is driven to the Osaka District Prosecutors Office on Oct. 20, 2009. He was arrested on suspicion of illegally receiving state subsidies from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, along with the current head of the organization and a former senior official. (Kyodo)