福田康夫元首相が死去、90歳

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twenty-eighth. A former prime minister of Japan has died at ninety. Let's listen.

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Former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda has died.

It means prime minister.

It is a polite way to say someone died.

He was ninety.

It means ninety years old.

He died of heart failure on October twenty-second at a hospital in Tokyo.

It means heart failure.

Only family attended the funeral, and a farewell gathering is planned for later.

It means a plan or schedule.

He was born in Tokyo in nineteen thirty-six.

It means to be born.

After university, he worked at an oil company for about seventeen years.

It means oil.

In nineteen ninety, he ran in an election in Gunma and became a member of the lower house.

It means election.

After that, as chief cabinet secretary, he supported two prime ministers.

It means to support.

In two thousand seven, after Shinzo Abe suddenly quit, Fukuda became prime minister.

It means suddenly.

His father was also prime minister, the first time a parent and child both held the job.

It means parent and child.

In two thousand eight, he chaired the summit held at Lake Toya in Hokkaido.

It means the chair of a meeting.

But running parliament was hard, and he quit after about one year.

It means running or managing something.

After leaving politics, he kept working to improve relations between Japan and China.

It means relations or relationship.

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Ninety.

He was also prime minister.

At Lake Toya in Hokkaido.

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