Obituaries

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...

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...