Obituaries

Ellie Omiya, a painter, author and scriptwriter, died of illness on Wednesday, her management com...

Ruling and opposition party lawmakers, as well as government officials, are mourning the passing ...

WAKAYAMA (Jiji Press) - Shuhei Kishimoto, governor of Wakayama Prefecture, died of septic shock a...

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, known for his expertise on J...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of La...

Washington (Jiji Press)—Former U.S. Republican Senator Alan Simpson, who worked to restore the ho...

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...