Notable Deaths in 2018

Takahata pictured on April 7, 2015, after receiving the French Order of Arts and Letters. (© Jiji)

“Iron Man” Kinugasa takes the field for his 2,131st consecutive game to take the world record on June 13, 1987. (© Jiji)

Kako poses on April 25, 2013, with Karasu no yaoya-san (Mr. Crow’s vegetable shop) and Karasu no okashiya-san (Mr. Crow’s candy shop), his first new titles in the Mr. Crow series since the debut work was published in 1973. (© Jiji)

A visibly weakened Onaga appears in his last press conference on July 27, 2018, to revoke prefectural permission for the move of the Futenma air base from Ginowan to Nago. (© Jiji)

A newspaper in Taiwan, where Sakura’s work has a considerable following, reports the creator’s death in its August 28 edition. (© Jiji)