Obituaries

WASHINGTON — Michael Armacost, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, died on March 8, according to t...

Novelist Ayako Sono passed away on Feb. 28 at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 93. A funeral was he...

Monta Mino, a Japanese television presenter whose work ethic in front of the camera was once reco...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bob...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in their New ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 "Harriet the ...

A farewell ceremony for Tsuneo Watanabe, who was the representative director and editor-in-chief ...

Osamu Miyawaki, the founder of the action figure manufacturer Kaiyodo, based in Kadoma, Osaka Pre...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Akihiro Arimoto, father of Keiko Arimoto, a Japanese abductee to North Korea...

Actor and narrator Atomu Shimojo passed away on Jan. 29, his management office announced Thursday...

A farewell ceremony for Tsuneo Watanabe is scheduled to be held at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo in Ch...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Yoshio Yoshida, former player and then manager of the Hanshin Tigers professio...

NEW YORK (AP) — Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspir...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Popular Japanese economist Takuro Morinaga, a professor at Dokkyo University i...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & D...