{
  "id": 14424413,
  "title": "Senji Kuroi, Prominent \"Introverted Generation\" Writer, Dies at 94",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/senji-kuroi-prominent-introverted-generation-writer-dies-at-94",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T10:06:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101400612/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Senji Kuroi, a prominent writer of the \"introverted generation\" in Japan, died of pneumonia on Monday. He was 94. Kuroi, whose real name was Shunjiro Osabe, published \"Aoi Kojo\" in 1958 while working for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., now Subaru Corp., after graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1955. In 1970, Kuroi won the Art Encouragement Prize for New A...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}