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Yōko Sano
was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books. She is most well known for her 1977 book ''The Cat that Lived a Million Times''. For her literary contributions, Sano was awarded the Medals of Honor (Japan)#Purple ribbon, Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon in 2003 by the Emperor of Japan. She has also written essays, children's literature, screenplays, novels, and translated foreign picture books. Personal Life Yōko Sano was born in Beijing, China, on June 28, 1938 as the eldest daughter of seven children. When she was seven years old, her family moved to Dalian, China. Her father worked for the Mancuria Railway Research Department. In 1947 after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sano's family returned to Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, where she initially stayed with her paternal uncle. In 1942, she lost her third brother (who was 33 days old), and in 1947, her fourth brother (who was 4 years old), and in 1948, she lost her beloved older brother (aged 11). ...
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} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ...
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