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and later as chair of the Board of Governors.in which a civil servant learns that he has a terminal illness and decides to do something worthwhile before he dies — build a long-delayed playground for the local children.

after a six-month course of study.YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)Nishio decided to stop the treatments he had been undergoing for his cancer.(MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)Rafu Staff ReportAlan Takeshi Nishio passed away on Dec.

Thereafter he returned to the U.Alan went into hospice care in February of this year; his doctors thought that he might have 2-3 months.

The audience gave him a raised-fist salute in honor of his 60s activism and Helen Ota.

the only linguistically accessible services of their kind offered in the region.His first trip to Japan in 1966 was to undertake a kayak trip funded by National Geographic magazine.

Many of his books are illustrated by his daughter.a translation of an 18th-century treatise on samurai philosophy.

He has worked as a translator and cultural advisor for the Japanese Consulate General in Seattle.He was awarded a Commendation from the Foreign Ministry of Japan in 2005 and inducted into the Order of the Rising Sun in 2015.