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JAPAN
Jan 12, 2011
Obituary: Takeshi Yokozawa
Acclaimed former TV producer Takeshi Yokozawa died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital Saturday evening, his family said Monday. He was 73.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2010
Obituary: Frederick Harris
Artist and community leader Frederick Harris, a resident of Japan for more than 50 years, died early Monday of heart failure. He was 78 and is survived by his wife, Kazuko.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2010
Obituary: Junko Ikeuchi
Actress Junko Ikeuchi died Sunday afternoon of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, her office said Thursday. She was 76.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2010
Obituary: Robert Ingersoll
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Robert Ingersoll died Aug. 22 at his home in Evanston, Ill., The New York Times reported in its online edition. He was 96.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2010
Obituary: Satoshi Kon
Influential animated film director Satoshi Kon has died of pancreatic cancer, it was learned Wednesday. He was 46.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2010
Obituary: Tsuyoshi Mori
Social critic and mathematician Tsuyoshi Mori, who expressed his views on a wide range of issues including education, died Saturday of septic shock at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture, his family said. He was 82.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2010
Obituary: Kimihiko Tsukuda
Cartoonist Kimihiko Tsukuda, who authored the "Honobono-kun" comic strip, the longest-running serialized comic strip in Japanese newspapers, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on June 28, his family said Saturday. He was 80.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2010
Obituary: Clinton Albert Feissner
Clinton Albert Feissner, a former communications official with the Allied Occupation authority in Japan after World War II, died Monday of multiple organ failure, a friend in charge of his funeral said Wednesday. Feissner was 99.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2010
Obituary: Chushiro Hayashi
Kyoto University professor emeritus Chushiro Hayashi, an who helped pioneer the application of atomic physics to astronomy, died of pneumonia at a Kyoto hospital Sunday, sources close to him said Monday. He was 89.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2010
Obituary: Maki Asakawa
Avant-garde jazz and blues vocalist Maki Asakawa, who caught the fancy of restless postwar baby boomers through such songs as "Kamome," died of acute heart failure in Nagoya, the Aichi Prefectural Police said Monday. She was 67.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2009
Obituary: Toshitaka Hidaka
A leading animal behaviorist and honorary professor at Kyoto University, Toshitaka Hidaka, died Nov. 14 of lung cancer at his home in Kyoto, family members said Monday. He was 79.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2009
Obituary: Hideo Den
Journalist and former Upper House member Hideo Den died last week of respiratory failure in a Tokyo hospital, his family said Tuesday. He was 86.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2009
Obituary: Vivienne Kenrick
Vivienne Kenrick, who wrote the weekly Personality Profile in The Japan Times from 1963 to 2007, died Sunday of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 89.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2009
Obituary: Sonoo Uchida
Former diplomat and haiku poet Sonoo Uchida died Saturday of colon cancer, his family said Monday. He was 85.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2009
Obituary: Junzo Shono
Author Junzo Shono, a member of the Japan Art Academy, died of natural causes Monday at his home in Kawasaki, people close to him said Tuesday. He was 88.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2009
Obituary: Kaori Kawamura
Rock singer Kaori Kawamura, who had spoken openly about her battle with cancer, died Tuesday at a Tokyo hospital, her management office said. She was 38.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2009
Obituary: Michi Takehisa
Michi Takehisa, who made headlines in the early 1980s as one of the key people involved in a massive embezzlement scandal affecting the Mitsukoshi Ltd. department store chain, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. She was 79.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2009
Obituary: Hiroshi Wakasugi
Opera conductor Hiroshi Wakasugi died Tuesday of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital, the New National Theater said. He was 74.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2009
Obituary: Michio Sato
Michio Sato, a former House of Councilors member and senior prosecutor, died of pneumonia Wednesday evening at a Yokohama hospital, sources close to him said Thursday. He was 76.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2009
Obituary: Carmen Blacker
Carmen Blacker, a British scholar on Japanese culture, died Monday, her birthday, in a Cambridge nursing home, the University of Cambridge said Monday. She was 85.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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