{
  "id": 16601977,
  "title": "Death of former PM Yasuo Fukuda leaves void in fraught China-Japan relations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/death-of-former-pm-yasuo-fukuda-leaves-void-in-fraught-china-japan-16601977",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T12:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3372192/death-former-pm-yasuo-fukuda-leaves-void-fraught-china-japan-relations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda, who championed closer ties with China during his brief tenure and later served as a crucial diplomatic intermediary during bilateral crises, has died at the age of 90. Fukuda died of heart failure on Thursday at a Tokyo hospital, Japanese media reported on Monday. His passing came as the relationship he spent decades nurturing faces its gravest test…",
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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."
}