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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mari Yamaguchi

Japan's former PM Takeo Fukuda, proponent of ties with China, dies at 90

Japan Fukuda - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who led the country for just one year and spent years afterward trying to build better ties with China, has died, officials said Monday. He was 90.

He died on Thursday, the governing Liberal Democratic Party said, without disclosing further details, including cause of his death.

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