Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone passes away aged 101

Yasuhiro Nakasone, one of Japan's longest-reigning Prime Ministers, has passed away at the age of 101. Born in the hilly district of Takasaki to a wealthy timber trader, Nakasone graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, later the Tokyo University, before entering the Home Ministry in 1941. He joined the Tokyo Police Department after Japan's surrender in 1945.