Kaoru Kanetaka

National Jan 10, 2019

Late Japanese travel writer Kaoru Kanetaka's trip around the world

by Ryusei Takahashi

In some ways, Kaoru Kanetaka introduced the world to Japan — and maybe a little bit of Japan to the world — when she flew around the globe in 1958. It took her 73 hours 9 minutes and 35 seconds, a world record at the ...

National Jan 9, 2019

Pioneering travel reporter Kaoru Kanetaka, whose Japan TV journeys took her 7.2 million km, dies at 90

Kaoru Kanetaka, a reporter who starred in a popular TV travel show that aired for 30 years, has died of heart failure, her office said Wednesday. She was 90. As a pioneering journalist and broadcaster, Kanetaka brought the world to viewers with her TV series ...