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Man Who Lost 9 Fingertips To Frostbite Dies On Eighth Everest Attempt
A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world's highest mountain during the current climbing season.
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Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies At 69
Jiro Taniguchi, a legend in Japan's comic art of manga, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his publisher in France, Casterman, announced.
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Trapped Japanese, New Zealand climbers die on mountain
A Japanese climber and his companion from Wellington died after being trapped in a snow cave on a New Zealand mountain for two nights in bitterly cold conditions, police said on Monday.
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Japanese mountaineer dies while climbing Mt. Everest
A Japanese climber who became ill while attempting to scale Mount Everest died just several hundred feet (meters) from the summit, a Nepalese official said Friday.Ozaki Takashi was headed down the slopes of the Everest on Thursday after feeling sick when he collapsed at an altitude of 28,200 feet (8,600 meters), Department of Mountaineering officia...
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Man Who Lost 9 Fingertips To Frostbite Dies On Eighth Everest Attempt
A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world's highest mountain during the current climbing season.
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Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies At 69
Jiro Taniguchi, a legend in Japan's comic art of manga, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his publisher in France, Casterman, announced.
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Trapped Japanese, New Zealand climbers die on mountain
A Japanese climber and his companion from Wellington died after being trapped in a snow cave on a New Zealand mountain for two nights in bitterly cold conditions, police said on Monday.
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Japanese mountaineer dies while climbing Mt. Everest
A Japanese climber who became ill while attempting to scale Mount Everest died just several hundred feet (meters) from the summit, a Nepalese official said Friday.Ozaki Takashi was headed down the slopes of the Everest on Thursday after feeling sick when he collapsed at an altitude of 28,200 feet (8,600 meters), Department of Mountaineering officia...
