Photo Gallery: 63-year-old engineer is Japan's 'Last Ninja'
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Mr Jinichi Kawakami, known as the last ninja, tells his story at the Iga Ninja Museum, June 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Jinichi Kawakami, known as the last ninja, introduces traditional Japanese concealed weapon or "shuriken" at the Iga Ninja Museum. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Jinichi Kawakami is known as the last ninja at the Iga Ninja Museum. The 62-year-old former engineer doesn't sound like the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Jinichi Kawakami known as the last ninja at the Iga Ninja Museum. The 62-year-old former engineer doesn't sound like the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Jinichi Kawakami known as the last ninja introduces traditional Japanese concealed weapon "shuriken" at the Iga Ninja Museum, June 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Staff from the ninja performance unit, perform during a ninja show at at the Iga Ninja Museum on June 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Hanzo Ukita, head of ninja performance unit, performs during a ninja show at at the Iga Ninja Museum on June 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Jinichi Kawakami, known as the last ninja, tells his story at the Iga Ninja Museum, June 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Jinichi Kawakami, known as the last ninja, introduces traditional Japanese concealed weapon or "shuriken" at the Iga Ninja Museum. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Jinichi Kawakami is known as the last ninja at the Iga Ninja Museum. The 62-year-old former engineer doesn't sound like the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Jinichi Kawakami known as the last ninja at the Iga Ninja Museum. The 62-year-old former engineer doesn't sound like the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Jinichi Kawakami known as the last ninja introduces traditional Japanese concealed weapon "shuriken" at the Iga Ninja Museum, June 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Staff from the ninja performance unit, perform during a ninja show at at the Iga Ninja Museum on June 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Hanzo Ukita, head of ninja performance unit, performs during a ninja show at at the Iga Ninja Museum on June 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
IGA, Japan (AFP) - A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Mr Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan's last ninja.
