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Ken Kinoshita (c. 1937 - 11 March 2011) was an elderly man who was killed during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Days later, he would be found on land in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture.
He was identified in June 2023 after a mitochondrial DNA analysis. However, his identification was not made public until August.
His identification was announced alongside Kine Sano and Yoshiko Yamada.
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- The Great East Japan Earthquake on Wikipedia
- NHK (Japanese)
- Asahi Shimbun (Japanese)
- Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese)
- Jiji News (Japanese)