“Is it OK if I smoke during the interview?” I ask Bungaku Watanabe, reaching into my coat pocket.
A look of incandescent outrage flashes across the 81-year-old’s face, before I quickly reassure him that I was joking.
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Anti-smoking activist Bungaku Watanabe has fought for nonsmokers' rights for more than 40 years. | SATOKO KAWASAKI
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