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Eiji Yoshikawa: The 'Compassionate Pugilist'

People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Jan 18, 2020

Eiji Yoshikawa: The 'Compassionate Pugilist'

by Louise George Kittaka

Boxer Yoshikawa helps others to learn to roll with the punches

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