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Warlord’s letter of thanks for war services triggers funding drive

CHIKUMA, Nagano Prefecture--A newly discovered letter written by feudal warlord Takeda Shingen during famous 16th-century battles against rival Uesugi Kenshin prompted a museum here to mount a ...
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Edison’s letter of thanks to Shiga inventor found after a century

HIGASHI-OMI, Shiga Prefecture--A letter found in a museum storeroom here that was sent by Thomas Edison a century ago to the developer of Japan’s first mimeograph machine offers a heartwarming picture ...