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People in Japan are mourning the death of Nobel Prize laureate author Kenzaburo Oe and praised his tireless social activism and anti-war campaigns.
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Kenzaburo Oe, who died on March 3 at age 88, was a writer who embodied Japan's “postwar spirit”--which even he acknowledged.
Kenzaburo Oe, the Nobel prize-winning author who warned against the dangers of nuclear power and became known as a standard bearer of postwar literature, died of natural causes in the early hours of March 3.