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115-year-old woman in western Japan becomes country’s oldest person

Kobe – Tomiko Itooka, a 115-year-old woman in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, has become the oldest person in Japan following the death on Tuesday of the 116-year-old previous holder of the …

Kanagawa’s Keio ends 107-year drought with Koshien triumph

by Karel Erdley

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. – Kanagawa Prefecture’s Keio High School ended a 107-year drought by winning the prestigious national summer high school baseball championship and dethroning last year’s champs Sendai Ikuei …