Yanase Takashi donned many hats over his long life, including soldier, poet, illustrator, and author. He is best known, though, as the creator of one of Japan’s most beloved superheroes, Anpanman, a ...

For more than half a century, Jiro Yanase personified the import-car market in Japan — for better and worse. He opened the door to foreign cars at a time when tariffs and, later, nontariff barriers ...

Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman, Japan’s most adored children’s character, passed away in a Tokyo hospital on Sunday. According to his agency – which went public with a statement last night – ...

Takashi Yanase, who died on 13 October at the age of 94, created one of Japan's most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, a superhero with his head made of anpan, or bread filled with red bean paste, ...

TOKYO — Takashi Yanase, creator of one of Japan’s most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, has died of heart failure, his studio said Tuesday. He was 94. Mr. Yanase died at a Tokyo hospital early ...

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