Obituaries

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...

Horror and gag manga artist Kazuo Umezu passed away peacefully late last month.

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu, known for works including “Makoto-chan” and...

Quincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q" who worked with musicians ranging from Count Basie to F...

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jack...

Japanese-style painter Atsushi Uemura, celebrated for his elegant bird-and-flower paintings, died...

Tsunehisa Katsumata, who served as chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. at the ...

Japanese picture book author and illustrator Keiko Sena passed away on Oct. 23 from old age. She ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Donovan, the beloved radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns a...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese art historian Shuji Takashina, professor emeritus at the University o...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who i...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese television personality and fashion critic Peeco died of multiple orga...

Rieko Nakagawa, a famous author of children’s books such as the “Guri to Gura” (“Guri and Gura”) ...

Actor Toshiyuki Nishida, known for roles including Hama-chan in the “Tsuribaka Nisshi” (Fishing m...