Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Popular Japanese economist Takuro Morinaga, a professor at Dokkyo University in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, died of cancer of unknown primary at his home on Tuesday, his office said. He was 67.
   Morinaga joined a predecessor to Japan Tobacco Inc. in 1980 after graduating from the University of Tokyo. He once worked at a government agency currently called the Cabinet Office and a private think tank.
   He also appeared in many television programs and was nicknamed "Moritaku."

(2025/01/29-07:49)

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