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BEIJING – “It’s like a treasure hunt. It’s not about finding the loot: it’s just the fun of trying to solve the puzzle.” Maki Kaji, the “father” of sudoku who died at 69 of biliary tract cancer, his treasure hunt began more than forty years ago.
This visionary Japanese, born in Sapporo in 1951, a former rebellious student of Keio University – then abandoned as many of his peers did in 1970 to protest against the renewal of the security treaty between the US and Japan – was shocked while working in a printing shop. .
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