Peruvian ex-President Alberto Fujimori has died at the age of 86, his daughter Keiko said in a post on X on Wednesday. Read more
Johnny Gaudreau played 11 NHL seasons with the Flames and Blue Jackets and took part in seven All-Star games. Read more
Akira Toriyama wasn’t just a Japanese manga artist responsible for several popular franchises. When his death at the age of 68 was announced last week, it soon became apparent just how much... Read more
Upon hearing the news of musician Seiji Ozawa’s death, one image flashed through my mind: a picture of the conductor playfully sticking his tongue out at me during a photo shoot. Read more
World-renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa died Tuesday from heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management announced Friday. He was 88. Read more
Almost lost in the flood of storylines that emerged at the start of the ongoing Grand Sumo Tournament was news that Hidetoshi Tanaka — the former head of the International Sumo Federation (I... Read more
Singer Aki Yashiro, the grand dame of Japanese enka ballads who had many big hits during her career spanning five decades, died Dec. 30 of lung disease, her office said. She was 73. Read more
Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama, known for portraits of Beatles musician John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono among other celebrities over his five-decade career, died Thursday, people c... Read more
The sumo world lost one of its most recognizable characters on Sunday with the passing of the stablemaster Shikoroyama. Read more
