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Obituaries
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Seven & i Holdings Honorary Chairman Masatoshi Ito Dies
Masatoshi Ito, effective founder and honorary chairman of Seven & i Holdings Co., passed away on Mar...
March 13, 2023
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Ex-Wrestler Antonio Inoki Remembered by 7,000 at Service
Some 7,000 people attended a farewell ceremony on Tuesday for former professional wrestler and polit...
March 8, 2023
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Founding Guitarist Gary Rossington Has Died
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group,...
March 6, 2023
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Wayne Shorter, Jazz Saxophone Pioneer, Dies at 89
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz composit...
March 3, 2023
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Ryuho Okawa, Founder of Happy Science Dies at Age 66
Ryuho Okawa, the founder and CEO of the Happy Science religious organization, died at a Tokyo hospit...
March 2, 2023
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Gundam Voice Actor Shozo Iizuka Dies at 89
Veteran voice actor Shozo Iizuka, who played a wide range of characters from villains to good guys i...
March 1, 2023
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Takichi Nishiyama, Ex-Reporter Known for Secret Pact Incident, Dies
Takichi Nishiyama, a former Japanese newspaper reporter known for being arrested on suspicion of ill...
February 26, 2023
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Rakugoka Shofukutei Shohei Dies at 66
Rakugo storyteller Shofukutei Shohei died of acute aortic dissection on Tuesday. He was 66. After g...
February 22, 2023
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Manga Legend Leiji Matsumoto Remembered for Passion for Outer Space
Like an eternal child, Leiji Matsumoto was always going off on imaginary adventures into outer space...
February 21, 2023
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Space Battleship Yamato Mangaka Leiji Matsumoto Dies at 85
Leiji Matsumoto, the much revered mangaka best known for creating imaginative manga such as “Ginga T...
February 20, 2023
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Leiji Matsumoto, ‘Galaxy Express 999’ Manga Artist, Dies at 85
Leiji Matsumoto, a manga artist best known for his creation of “Ginga Testudo 999” (“Galaxy Express ...
February 20, 2023
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Komeito Politician Toshiko Hamayotsu Dies
Toshiko Hamayotsu, former Komeito acting representative, died in November 2020, the party announced ...
February 16, 2023
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Hollywood Sex Symbol Raquel Welch Dies at 82
NEW YORK (AP) — Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “On...
February 16, 2023
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Toyota Motor Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda Dies at 97
Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., died of heart failure on Tuesday. He was ...
February 14, 2023
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Takako Sasuga, Voice Actor for Tara-Chan, Dies at 87
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Voice actor Takako Sasuga, best known for providing the voice of Tara-chan in p...
February 10, 2023
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