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Ex-Mitsubishi Chairman Masuko dies 3 weeks after stepping down

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Masuko helped create the partnership between Mitsubishi and Nissan. (REUTERS)
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August 31, 2020 07:20 AM

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors' former Chairman, Osamu Masuko, died from "cardiac insufficiency" on Aug. 27, the Japanese automaker said in a statement on Monday. He was 71.

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