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  "id": 2978524,
  "title": "Former Lower House Speaker Watanuki dies at 99",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/former-lower-house-speaker-watanuki-dies-at-99",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/japan/politics/former-lower-house-speaker-tamisuke-watanuki-obituary/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Watanuki died of old age at a Tokyo medical institution last Tuesday.",
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}