Japanese media baron Watanabe of Yomiuri Shimbun dies at 98

wanabi tsuno the representative director and editor-in chief of the Yori shiman Holdings died of pneumonia at a Tokyo Hospital on December 19th he was 98 the holding company publishes major Japanese newspaper the yumuri shimbun wat naabi was born in Tokyo in 1926 after graduating from the University of Tokyo with a major in philosophy he joined the yomi shimun in 1950 and worked as a political news reporter wab later served as yo mu's Washington bureau chief political news section head and editorial board chairman before becoming managing editor in 1985 and president and editor-in chief in 1991 he also wrote numerous books on themes such as Japanese politics under his leadership yiri actively engaged in proposal reporting incl including issuing draft proposals for constitutional Revision in the daily three times in 1994 2000 and 2004 wab also assumed posts as owner of the yiri Giants in Japanese professional basball chairman of the Japan newspaper Publishers and editors Association and chairman of the Yokozuna deliberation Council he had close relations with people in various Fields including politic ition such as former prime minister nakason yasuhiro who passed away in November 2019 [Music]