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Biography

He is the son of Tokumitsu Iwagō, himself a noted wildlife photographer. After graduating from

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, Iwago went as his father's assistant to the

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, where he decided to become a photographer. His work ''Letters from the Sea'' (, ''Umi kara no tegami'') won the

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in 1979. He is also the first Japanese photographer whose work has twice appeared on the cover of ''

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'' (May 1986 and December 1994). He is now a spokesman for

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. Since 2012, Iwago has appeared on the TV program "(IWASGO MITSUAKI NO SEKAI NEKOARUKI, ()" (

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BS Premium). In the TV program, Iwago is shooting videos of cats from all over the world.It's a Cat's Life , NEP Program Finder
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Publications

*''Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain.'' Chronicle Books, 1987. . *''In the Lion's Den.'' Chronicle Books, 1996. . *''Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet'', coauthored with

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, Andrews McMeel, 2003. . *''Tabi yukeba neko'' (). Nihon Shuppansha, 2005. .

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