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Yayoi Kusama

1929 – 2026 · Conceptual artist, Sculptor, Novelist

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Journalism

Masao Yora

1957 – 2026 · Political journalist; Mainichi specialist and guest editorial fellow; TV and radio commentator; lecturer; Waseda guest professor

“Mainichi political voice and Nスタ commentator who cut into Nagatacho with glasses, a mustache, and an evening column.”

🕯 30 · ✍️ 8 · 📷 1

Comics

Shinichi Abe

1950 – 2026 · Manga artist, gekiga artist, novelist

“Garo artist who turned Asagaya love and later illness into private manga that outlived the silence.”

🕯 70 · ✍️ 10 · 📷 1

Comedy

Great Gidayu

1958 – 2026 · Japanese comedian, musician, guitar-manzai performer, rakugo performer, actor; Takeshi Gundan member; TAP talent

“Takeshi Army's Benkei: guitar, rakugo, and laughter through dialysis.”

🕯 74 · ✍️ 9 · 📷 3

Science / Paleontology

Yoshikazu Hasegawa

1930 – 2026 · Vertebrate paleontologist; university professor; museum director

“He showed Japan its first plesiosaur and spent a life reading fossil bones.”

🕯 95 · ✍️ 7 · 📷 1

Business

Hiroshi Okuda

1932 – 2026 · Businessman; automotive executive; former president and chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation; first chairman of the modern Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)

“Toyota outsider who forced the Prius into the world and remade Japanese industry.”

🕯 97 · ✍️ 4 · 📷 5

Entertainment

Keiko Kishi

1932 – 2026 · Actress; writer (essayist, novelist); journalist / reporter; UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

“International star of postwar Japanese film who chose courage over comfort, from Machiko-maki fame to Paris and the page.”

🕯 39 · ✍️ 5 · 📷 2

Science

Toyohiro Akiyama

1942 – 2026 · Television journalist (TBS); research cosmonaut; organic farmer; university professor

“First Japanese in space. Journalist on Mir. Farmer after the flight.”

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Science

Hideki Shirakawa

1936 – 2026 · Chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba; co-discoverer of conductive polymers; 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

“The chemist who made plastic conduct electricity and opened a new era of materials.”

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