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Japan donates musical instruments to Kosovo orchestra

VIENNA, Austria - Japanese Ambassador to Austria Makoto Taketoshi (L center), who doubles as envoy for Kosovo, hands a violin to Kosovo Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Memli Krasniqi, during a ceremony in the Kosovo capital Pristina on March 19, 2014, to mark the donation of around 100 violins and other musical instruments to the Kosovo Philharmonic. The donation is part of the Japanese government's support for the restoration of the country's cultural heritage following ethnic clashes there in the late 1990s.

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End-of-life care focuses on helping the dying achieve peace of mind

Taketoshi Ozawa, a 54-year-old physician who chairs the End-of-Life Care Association of Japan, poses for a photo at his clinic in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Makoto Taketoshi at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 31, 2020. Attendees wear face masks amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)