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There was no explanation for the COI tag so I think it is fair for the author (or anyone else) to remove it. I can't see any evidence on Wikipedia of COI, so I supposing the COI was speculative (or based on off-Wiki investigation, whch is a no-no). However, the sourcing is not great and the article is bordering on promotional. I've removed most of the unsourced personal family information. The date of birth and birth name also needs a good source. Sionk (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My concerns about a possible conflict of interest were based on the fact that the article was created and extensively edited by an editor called "Hawkeye press" (name subsequently changed to "HawkeyeJapan"), which coincidentally was the same as the name of the publisher of the book Japan Portraits mentioned in the article. Combined with the editor's apparent knowledge of intricate biographical details (birth date, birth place, birth name, etc.) not mentioned in any of the numerous sources, it all seemed rather obvious to me. But if the editor insists that there is no close connection or conflict of interest, I am willing to give him/her the benefit of the doubt on the proviso that they cooperate in improving the article so that it more closely resembles an encyclopedia article rather than a promotional piece from some magazine. --DAJF (talk) 23:31, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Fair points. Anyway, there are other clean-up templates that may address the issues more directly. Sionk (talk) 17:30, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
