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Originally Posted by Jinto
(Dr in what anyway)
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He is a medical doctor who ran a private practice before joining politics in 1964. Source
here.
On a more light-hearted note (every pun intended):
Japanese group adds sheen to traditional music
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Tokyo (Jan 20): Ancient Japanese musical instruments were given a new shine after one group decided to make theirs out of glass, instead of traditional wood.
Unveiling a five instrument ensemble in a Tokyo hotel today, the Hari Gonin Bayashi established to promote the use of glass in traditional Japanese instruments. They played several traditional songs to a mixed audience of media and the general public.
Drums and flutes play a major part in traditional Japanese music, with the tsuzumi, or an hourglass-shaped drum often being the lead instrument. Usually made out of leather and hard wood, the tsuzumi is famed for its high pitched beats and is the only Japanese drum that is hit with one's bare hands.
These glass instruments are the brainchild of the shakuhachi flute player Gazan Watanabe, who says glass is the perfect material for Japanese musical instruments.
- REUTERS
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