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Archive material of President Ryochi Sasakawa
Masafumi Suzuki, Okinawa Gojuryu, 10th Dan Hanshi
All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Federation, Chairman
All Japan Budo Federation, Seibukan Academy, Principal
President, Ryoichi Sasakawa

USA TODAY picture of Elizabeth Taylor and Ryoichi Sasakawa after he announced a $1 milion dollar donation.

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Obituary

Clipped from the Clevland Plain Dealer newspaper

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Ryoichi Sasakawa, suspect in war crimes in Japan

TOKYO - Ryoichi Sasakawa , a Japanese rightist and one-time war crimes suspect who built a gambling empire and gave millions of dollars to charity, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 96.

Sasakawa, a native of Osaka, was the last living member of a group accused after World War II of the most serious war crimes. After Japan's surrender in 1945, he was imprisoned for four years by U.S. occupation forces but was never convicted.

Sasakawa formed and led the Patriotic Masses Party in 1931 after being discharged from the former Japanese Imperial Army. He supported Japan's war on its Asian neighbors, and formed his own private air force.

In 1942 he was elected to the lower house of parliament, where he served under then-Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.

In 1948, Sasakawa expanded his fortune by operating dozens of motorboat race courses throughout Japan. He donated nearly $1.5 billion in proceeds from the legalized gambling operation to scores of benficiaries.

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