by Robert Whiting I read with sadness of the passing of Tsuneo Watnabe, the long time shogun of the Yomiuri group, which publishes the Yomiuri Shinbun--(editor note: and also owns the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, Yomiuriland--an amusement park and more) . He died recently at the age of 98 after a bout with pneumonia. He was so powerful I didn’t think he would ever actually die. Under [...]
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