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Opera conductor Wakasugi dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Opera conductor Hiroshi Wakasugi (file photo taken in 1997) died on July 21 of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 74. Wakasugi was the artistic director of the New National Theatre since 2007 and was a professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

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Folk songs regaining popularity among baby boomers

TOKYO, Japan - The group ''Folk Dreamers'' created by Testuo Wakasugi (far left), 57, are in live performance in Tokyo's Toshima Ward.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Goalball

Haruka Wakasugi of Japan saves during the first half of a preliminary match against the United States in the women's goalball at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 28, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo.