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CULTURE / Music / OBITUARY
Aug 25, 2021
Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones' beat maker for almost six decades, dies at 80
Music's biggest legends remember Charlie Watts, who provided the heartbeat for the Rolling Stones in terms of both music and spirit.
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JAPAN
Aug 18, 2021
Robert 'Skipp' Orr, key figure in U.S.-Japan relations, dies age 68
Orr enjoyed a long and distinguished career in business, government and academia, with positions at the Asian Development Bank, Boeing Japan and others organizations.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 17, 2021
Mary Fujishima, J-pop matriarch of Johnny & Associates, dies at 93
Johnny & Associates Inc. announced today that its honorary chairperson, Mary Yasuko Fujishima, sister of music mogul and company founder Johnny Kitagawa, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Aug. 14. She was 93 years old.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Benigno Aquino III, who led Philippine growth spurt, dies at 61
Aquino, who served as the nation's president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.
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JAPAN / Media
Jun 23, 2021
Takashi Tachibana, who shed light on Lockheed scandal, dies at 80
Tachibana's work is often credited with having played a major role in bringing down the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Japan's most powerful leader in the postwar era.
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CULTURE / Books
May 27, 2021
Eric Carle, author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ dies at 91
When a fictional caterpillar chomps through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one slice of...
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WORLD
Apr 20, 2021
Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president and ambassador to Japan, dies at 93
Mondale's time in Japan was marked by tough negotiations over bilateral trade issues, especially those related to semiconductors and insurance.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2021
Leon Spinks, who took Muhammad Ali’s crown and lost it, dies at 67
The St. Louis native, who rose to prominence with a gold-medal performance at the Montreal Games, outlasted Ali in their famous 1978 bout before his career began to decline.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 19, 2021
Chuck Mills, who inspired Japan's college football to flourish, dies at 92
The Chicago native brought Utah State and Wake Forest to Japan for exhibition games before taking local coaches under his wing in the United States.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 30, 2020
Pierre Cardin, designer to the famous and merchant to the masses, dies at 98
In 1957, Cardin became the first European designer to forge business ties with Japan, and within two years he was selling his fashions there.
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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2020
Ezra Vogel saw the good in every person and every nation
Ezra F. Vogel, one of the country's leading experts on East Asia, whose scholarship spanned from family issues to social welfare, industrial policy, international relations and history, passed away on Sunday at age 90.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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