UAE Pres. condoles Sen Sōshitsu XV over passing of Sen Genshitsu
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UAE Pres. condoles Sen Sōshitsu XV over passing of Sen Genshitsu
This comes over the passing of his father Dr. Sen Genshitsu, the 15th Grand Master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony and former grand tea master.
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Four workers dead in Japan after manhole fall
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