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  "id": 16721593,
  "title": "Tetsuya Chiba, Japan’s manga legend, dies at 87",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/tetsuya-chiba-japans-manga-legend-dies-at-87",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T06:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/10/27/tetsuya-chiba-japan-s-manga-legend-dies-at-87"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tetsuya Chiba’s works explored young athletes’ physical and mental development in sports, while portraying the poverty, despair, joy and optimism of everyday life in postwar Japan.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "'Ashita no Joe' manga legend Tetsuya Chiba dies at 87",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/ashita-no-joe-manga-legend-tetsuya-chiba-dies-at-87",
        "published": "2026-10-27T06:41:52.000Z"
      }
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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."
}