Obituaries

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings Editor-in-Chief Tsuneo Watanabe died of pneumonia at 2 a.m. Thursday at ...

Yoji Kuri, a pioneering creator of artistic animated films, has died aged 96, his website announc...

Tomoaki Ogura, a freelance announcer, died at the age of 77. He was well known for Fuji Televisio...

Miho Nakayama’s agency announced Sunday that the 54-year-old actress and singer died accidentally...

Miho Nakayama, a Japanese actress and singer, was found dead at her residence in Shibuya Ward, To...

Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known...

Voice actor Junko Hori died of old age on Nov. 18, her management agency announced on Monday. She...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Former yokozuna sumo grand champion Kitanofuji, who was popular in recent year...

Actor Shohei Hino died on Nov. 14, according to sources. He was 75. Hino was a well-known regular...

Modern Japanese poet and translator Shuntaro Tanikawa, known for such gentle, approachable poems ...

Naoyuki Agawa, a professor emeritus at Keio University who specialized in American constitutional...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas "Moo...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Yoshida Minosuke III, a performer of bunraku traditional Japanese puppet pla...

NEW YORK (AP) — Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince's only full sibling, died Monday at Nort...