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Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dead at 101

Nov 28, 2019 | 10:21 PM

TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a giant of his country’s post-World War II politics, has died. He was 101.

The office of his son, Hirofumi Nakasone, confirmed that Nakasone died Friday at a Tokyo hospital.

The Associated Press