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OBITUARY 2

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2015
After six-day run as world's oldest person, Arkansas woman, 116, dies
Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Mar 31, 2015
Obituary: Jane D. Rees
Longtime columnist for The Japan Times and other publications Jane Rees passed away on March 12 at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She was 95.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 25, 2015
As Lee era ends, Singapore braces for change as young worry about future
If Lee Kuan Yew represented the Singapore of yesteryear, his death this week raises the question of whether the generation of leaders in waiting will reshape the mould that transformed the city-state from a colonial backwater to a haven of prosperity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2015
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew was among 'greatest leaders,' Abe says
Japanese leaders pay tribute to the life and legacy of Singaporean senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling him 'one of the greatest leaders of modern times that Asia has produced.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2015
'Star Trek' Spock actor Nimoy dies at age 83
Leonard Nimoy, who won fame with his portrayal of the logic-bound, half-alien Mr. Spock in the "Star Trek" TV series and movies, died on Friday at 83.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2015
Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina dies in Pakistan at age 34
Maria Golovnina, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan who was widely loved and admired for her courage, compassion and professionalism, died in Islamabad on Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2015
Obituary: Richard W. (Dick) Petree
The founding president of the U.S.-Japan Foundation and a former U.S. diplomat in Japan, Richard W. (Dick) Petree died Feb. 8 at a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 90 years old.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Last officer from Pearl Harbor battleship USS Arizona dies at 100
The last surviving officer of the USS Arizona, one of the ships that was bombed in Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 100 at a nursing facility in Northern California, his son said on Facebook.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2015
Golfer Billy Casper, two-time U.S. Open winner, dies at 83
Billy Casper, one of professional golf's top players for two decades and winner of three major U.S. tournaments, has died. He was 83.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2015
Laser's co-inventor, Nobel laureate Charles Townes, dead at 99
Charles Townes, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in physics for invention of the laser, a feat that revolutionized science, medicine, telecommunications and entertainment, has died at age 99, the University of California at Berkeley reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2015
Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies at 82
Mario Cuomo, the three-time Democratic governor of New York who turned down several invitations to seek the U.S. presidency, has died at the age of 82.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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