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OBITUARY 4

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 12, 2023
TV personality and LGBTQ advocate ryuchell dies at 27
Harajuku fashion influencer Ryuji Higa, better known as ryuchell, was found unconscious in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 12, 2023
Czech novelist Milan Kundera dies at 94
Through his characteristic satire and poetic prose, Kundera had sought to express all that is compelling and absurd about life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 27, 2023
Former vice minister Oba, renowned for shaping currency policy, dies at 94
Oba was a key figure in negotiating the 1985 Plaza Accord, intended to stop the U.S. dollar's rise against other major economies' currencies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2023
Influential Japanese business leader Jiro Ushio dies at 92
Ushio founded Ushio Inc. in 1964 and grew it into a specialized manufacturer of industrial special light sources such as halogen lamps.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2023
Former Hiroshima Carp ace Manabu Kitabeppu dies at 65
Kitabeppu secured double-digit wins for 11 consecutive seasons from 1978 thanks to his outstanding control, helping the team clinch back-to-back Japan Series titles in 1979 and 1980.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2023
Former Dragons ace Shigeru Sugishita, known as the 'God of the Forkball,' dies at 97
Known as 'the God of the Forkball,' Sugishita won 215 career games, all but four for the Dragons between 1949 and 1958.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 14, 2023
Cormac McCarthy, novelist of a darker America, is dead at 89
His characters were outsiders, like him. He lived quietly and determinately outside the literary mainstream.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2023
Former LDP kingmaker Mikio Aoki dies at 89
Aoki, known as the “don of the Upper House” for his influence inside and outside the LDP, served as a lawmaker in the chamber between 1986 and 2010.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2023
Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, served as prime minister in 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and 2008-2011.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 20, 2023
Cleveland Browns legendary running back Jim Brown dies at 87
Brown's NFL career spanned just nine seasons from 1957-65, but he remains one of the NFL's legendary running backs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2023
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Futoshi Nakanishi dies at 90
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Futoshi Nakanishi, who helped the storied Nishitetsu Lions win three consecutive Japan Series titles through 1958, died of heart failure at his Tokyo home, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. He was 90.
Japan Times
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May 17, 2023
Former Japan volleyball star Tadayoshi Yokota dies at 75
The Kagawa Prefecture native was known for his powerful cross-court spikes, achieved with his 193-centimeter height.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Tsuru Motomura, survivor of WWII student nursing corps, dies at 97
As a leader of the survivors of the Himeyuri corps, Motomura helped establish the Himeyuri Peace Museum in the Okinawa city of Itoman.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2023
Japanese author and animal researcher 'Mutsugoro' dies at 87
Masanori Hata became well known among TV audiences for his displays of affection toward animals, even once gently patting a lion that had bitten his finger.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 5, 2023
The unyielding spirit of Ryuichi Sakamoto
The award-winning composer and member of Yellow Magic Orchestra showed a rebellious streak throughout his life, which not only influenced musicians worldwide but also effected social change.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto, trailblazing musician and film composer, dies at 71
Ryuichi Sakamoto, an award-winning composer and member of pioneering electronic act Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died. He was 71 years old.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2023
Kenichi Chin, 'Iron Chef' of Chinese cuisine, dies at 67
Chin, whose real name was Kenichi Azuma, was the oldest son of Kenmin Chin, who is believed to have popularized Sichuan cuisine in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2023
Chikage Ogi, Japan's first female Upper House head, dies at 89
Ogi, whose real name was Hiroko Hayashi, started her career in the show business as a member of a famed all-female musical troupe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2023
Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88
Oe was regarded as one of Japan’s leading contemporary novelists and was the second Japanese person to win the literary award.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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