"I remember Tsuburaya's comments before he committed suicide, " fellow marathoner Kenji Kimihara told the Nikkan Sports newspaper this year.

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"The only thing that is safe for newspapers to write about is the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, because 60% of the Japanese public supports them, " says Osamu Shimogiri, editor of the Nikkan Gendai, a racy tabloid that did publish the so-called Ombudsman list.

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