There are many labels to describe Shuichi Kato, who died Dec. 5 at age 89.
To some he was best known as a postwar literary and cultural critic.
Others would describe him as a devoted peace activist who helped found a group to defend the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution with novelist Kenzaburo Oe and philosopher Shunsuke Tsurumi.
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