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A U.S. military truck carrying seven bodies of executed Japanese Class A war criminals, including wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, departs Sugamo Prison in Tokyo for a crematorium in Yokohama on Dec. 23, 1948. | KYODO
Kyodo Jun 7, 2021
Yokohama – A Japanese researcher has found official U.S. documents detailing how the American military scattered the cremated remains of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other executed Class A war criminals in the Pacific Ocean, shedding light on the decadeslong mystery over their whereabouts.
The legendary Japanese composer Shunsuke Kikuchi, who fans will remember from Dragon Ball, Doraemon and Kamen Rider, has passed away aged 89 years old.
Iconic Dragon Ball Composer Shunsuke Kikuchi Passes Away At 89
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Sadly,
Dragon Ball’s legendary music director, Shunsuke Kikuchi, has left us today, at the age of 89. Reportedly, the Japanese composer died due to pneumonia.
Born on November 1, 1931, Kikuchi worked on several popular television series and movies. His music composition for popular anime such as
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Doraemon, and Kamen Rider was nothing short of spectacular.
Kikuchi’s most notable work was
Doraemon anime’s theme song,
“Doraemon no Uta.” What’s fascinating is that the theme song stayed with the series for 26 long years.
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He would be turning 100 next month, had he not died so young at only 23.
A memorial event is being planned in his hometown in Ise, Mie Prefecture.
Aspiring to become a film director, the young Takeuchi studied at the Nihon University College of Art, but was called up for military service.
Right before he was conscripted, he penned this monologue-like verse: If I go to war / What will I do? / Will I perform a meritorious deed? And he went on, Or will I die in battle for being careless?
His representative poem, titled Hone no Utau (The bones sing), is about his ashes returning home from the war front.