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  • Red Bull Formula One owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies at 78

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of energy drink compan...

    October 23, 2022

  • Veteran comedian Koji Nakamoto dies after car accident

    Koji Nakamoto, an actor and former member of The Drifters comedy group, died Wednesday after being s...

    October 20, 2022

  • Japanese avant-garde pioneer composer Ichiyanagi dies at 89

    TOKYO (AP) — Avant-garde pianist and composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, who studied with John Cage and went ...

    October 11, 2022

  • Judy Tenuta, brash ‘Goddess of Love’ comedian, dies at 72

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the “Goddess of Love”...

    October 7, 2022

  • Illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki of ‘Guri to Gura’ fame dies at 80

    Illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki, who provided the art for “Guri to Gura” (“Guri and Gura”), a popular ch...

    October 6, 2022

  • Antonio Inoki dies at 79

    The former professional wrestler Antonio Inoki died of heart failure at 79 on Saturday morning. ...

    October 1, 2022

  • Antonio Inoki dies at 79

    Antonio Inoki, a former pro wrestler and member of the House of Councilors, died Saturday age 79....

    October 1, 2022

  • New Wave film director Jean-Luc Godard has died

    PARIS (Reuters) – Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, died on ...

    September 13, 2022

  • Japan’s oldest man dies at 112 years old

    Mikizo Ueda, Japan’s oldest man at 112 years old, died on Friday. The city of Nara, where Ueda lived...

    September 13, 2022

  • Queen developed warm ties with Japan, Imperial family

    Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, not only met with three generations of curren...

    September 9, 2022

  • Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, ending an era for Britain

    BALMORAL, Scotland (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's ...

    September 9, 2022

  • News In Pictures: Mikhail Gorbachev also mourned in Japan

    The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is also being mourned in Japan...

    September 6, 2022

  • Significance of tragic leader Gorbachev’s unfinished reforms

    Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who died Tuesday age 91, initiated the end o...

    September 2, 2022

  • Kyocera founder was a philosopher king in Japan’s business world

    The essence of the approach to management espoused by Kyocera founder Kazuo Inamori, who died at 90 ...

    September 1, 2022

  • Kyocera Honorary Chairperson Inamori dies at 90

    Kyocera Corp. founder and chairman emeritus Kazuo Inamori passed away on Aug. 24 of old age, the ele...

    August 30, 2022

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