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  • Ex-Tigers Outfielder Yokota Dies at 28 from Battle with Brain Cancer

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    July 19, 2023

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    July 17, 2023

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    July 12, 2023

  • Gyoji Nomiyama, Renowned Japanese Painter of Western Style, Dies at 102

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    June 26, 2023

  • British-born Herbalist Venetia Stanley-Smith Dies at 72

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    June 25, 2023

  • Influential Japanese Business Leader Jiro Ushio Dies at 92

    Jiro Ushio, former president of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, a ...

    June 21, 2023

  • Sadao Nakajima, Japanese Director of ‘Gokudo no Onna-tachi’ Film Series, Dead at 88

    Sadao Nakajima, a film director known for his “Gokudo no Onna-tachi” (Wives of yakuza) series, died ...

    June 15, 2023

  • Cormac McCarthy, Lauded Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dies at 89

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense a...

    June 14, 2023

  • Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died

    MILAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessma...

    June 12, 2023

  • Mikio Aoki, Former Chief Cabinet Secretary, Dies at 89

    Long-time influential politician Mikio Aoki, who served as chief cabinet secretary and chairman of t...

    June 12, 2023

  • Ryutaro Kamioka, Former Japanese TV Personality, Dies at 81

    Former television personality Ryutaro Kamioka died from lung cancer and interstitial pneumonia on M...

    June 2, 2023

  • George Maharis, Star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, Dies at 94

    RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual mot...

    May 29, 2023

  • Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ and ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies at 58

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    May 23, 2023

  • Tadayoshi Yokota, Munich Olympic Gold Medalist in Volleyball, Dies at 75

    Tadayoshi Yokota, the men's volleyball ace who led the Japan team to the gold medal at the 1972 Muni...

    May 17, 2023

  • Popular Pantomime Noppo-san Dies at The Age 88

    Noppo Takami, popularly known as Noppo-san, who performed pantomime on NHK Educational TV’s children...

    May 10, 2023

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