MANILA — Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, a Philippine tycoon deeply involved in the country’s politics, has died at age 85, according to ABS-CBN News. Cojuangco was the chairman and chief executive of food-to-infrastructure conglomerate San Miguel, the Philippines’ largest company by sales. The businessman enjoyed close ties with former Philippine president […]
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Shigeru Yokota, tragic figure in North Korea abductions issue, dies
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Shigeru Yokota, father of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, died Friday, a source close to him said. He was 87. Yokota, who worked with other abduction victims’ relatives in pressing the government to […]
Stanley Ho, who turned Macao into gambling destination, dies at 98
HONG KONG — Stanley Ho, the businessman who first put Macao on the map as a destination for international gamblers, has died at the age of 98. “Although we knew the day will come, it does not ease our sorrow,” daughter Pansy Ho, surrounded by family, told reporters in front […]
Macau gambling king Stanley Ho dies at 98
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese colony and became one of Asia’s richest men, died on Tuesday at the age of 98, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported. The flamboyant tycoon, who loved to dance […]
‘Terrace House’ cast member Hana Kimura dies at 22
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old female professional wrestler who was among the cast of the most recent installment of the internationally popular Japanese reality show series “Terrace House,” died Saturday, a wrestling promotion business said. Stardom said nothing about the cause of Kimura’s death, but she had posted […]
Coronavirus latest: 28-year-old sumo wrestler dies
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 4,098,018, according to the World Health Organization. The worldwide death toll has hit 283,271. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker […]
Japanese diplomatic luminary Okamoto dies at 74
TOKYO — Yukio Okamoto, a diplomatic expert who advised multiple Japanese prime ministers, two in an official capacity, on issues ranging from the return of a U.S. military base in Okinawa to Iraq reconstruction, died in late April. He was 74. Okamoto had contracted the coronavirus, a Japanese government source […]