Former Vice President and U.S. Envoy to Japan Mondale Dies at 93
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From left: Glen and Sakie Fukushima, Joan and Walter Mondale at the Christmas Gala of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), held at the Shin Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo in December 1996. “He regaled us at the head table with his great sense of humor and wonderful anecdotes,” said Fukushima. “And the ACCJ presented him the Person of the Year Award.”
Rafu Wire and Staff Reports
Walter Mondale, a former U.S. vice president and ambassador to Japan who worked on a yet-to-be-realized plan to close a key U.S. air base in Okinawa Prefecture, died Monday at his home in Minneapolis, according to U.S. media. He was 93.