Tomifumi Godai, a renowned Japanese engineer known as the creator of the country's H-2 and H-2A rockets, has died. He was 92. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/rocket-engineer-tomifumi-godai-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jaxa #space #rockets #tomifumigodai #obituary
Carl J. Green, who opened the Ford Foundation’s Japan office in 1975, dies at 85. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/08/20/our-lives/carl-j-green-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #obituary #expats #americancommunity #fordfoundation #washington #dc #georgetown
Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of Urasenke, a Japanese tea ceremony school, died on Thursday. He was 102. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/japan/sen-genshitsu-tea-ceremony-master-dies-at-102/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sengenshitsu #obituary #teaceremony #urasenke
Ulrike Hahn
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Kunishige Kamamoto, widely considered the greatest striker in Japanese soccer history, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture on Sunday. He was 81. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/10/soccer/kunishige-kamamoto-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #kunishigekamamoto #obituary #samuraiblue
American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed Apollo 13 mission that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival, has died at the age of 97. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/world/science-health/lovell-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nasa #us #jimlovell #space #obituary
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I very much enjoyed this obituary of the great Tom Lehrer - probably related to the source (a tech scandal sheet) it reads rather differently from most.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/tom_lehrer_dead_at_97/
I very much enjoyed this obituary of the great Tom Lehrer - probably related to the source (a tech scandal sheet) it reads rather differently from most.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/tom_lehrer_dead_at_97/
Hulk Hogan, whose flamboyance and star power helped transform professional wrestling from a low-budget regional attraction into a multibillion dollar industry, died Thursday in Clearwater, Florida. He was 71. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/25/more-sports/hulk-hogan-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #hulkhogan #prowrestling #obituary #wwf #wwe
vruz
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Hulk Hogan Was A Racist Scab, And Now He's Dead
Hulk Hogan Was A Racist Scab, And Now He's Dead
Former wrestler Hitomi Obara, who won gold in the women's 48-kilogram event at the 2012 London Olympics, died Friday, sources said Saturday. She was 44. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/20/more-sports/hitomi-obara-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #hitomiobara #obituary
Bobby Jenks, a member of the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship team, died after a battle with Stage 4 adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer, on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/06/baseball/mlb/bobby-jenks-dies-44/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #bobbyjenks #chicagowhitesox #obituary