PM Modi condoles demise of former Japanese premier

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled death of former Japanese premier Yasuhiro Nakasone, hailing him as architect of modern India-Japan friendship. Nakasone died on Friday at of 101 years.

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PM Modi condoles Yasuhiro Nakasone's death

"I would like to express my condolences for passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. In strengning Japan-India bilateral relations, Prime Minister Nakasone's contribution was valuable. You will be remembered as a person who has created a modern India-Japan friendship," Modi wrote on twitter in Japanese.

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In office for five years from vember 1982 to vember 1987, Nakasone was kwn for trying to integrate nation, defeated in World War II, as a full-fledged member of West during Cold War era.

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