Notable Deaths in 2019

Umehara Takeshi gives a speech at Nichibunken in Kyoto on May 22, 2013. (©Jiji)

Yachigusa Kaoru, pictured in January 1965. (© Jiji)

Kaneda Masaichi shakes hands with Yomiuri Giants manager Kawakami Tetsuharu, at right, on December 23, 1964, after joining the team. (© Jiji)