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Legendary Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, who caused a national sensation with his boxing series “Ashita no Joe” or “Fighting for Tomorrow,” a story about an orphan becoming a professional boxer, has died. He was 87

Tetsuya Chiba drew on his turbulent postwar experiences after being repatriated when creating the manga “Ashita no Joe” (Tomorrow’s Joe) with fellow artist and writer Asao Takamori. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87.

Chiba’s works captured the struggles and hopes of postwar Japan Published : 27 October 2026 •Updated : 27 October 2026, 12:04 •WORLD AFP, Tokyo This picture, taken on July 8, 2025, shows Japanese manga creator Tetsuya Chiba in Tokyo. Photo: AFP

Japanese manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government Monday, saying that the revised Imperial House Law, which allows male paternal-line descendants of former imperial family branches to be adopted into the imperial family, violates the Constitution.

To commemorate its 20th anniversary, The National Art Center, Tokyo presents SHOJO MANGA INFINITY: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi and Waki Yamato, a major exhibition bringing together three pioneering artists who transformed the possibilities of shojo (girls’) manga.

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government Monday, saying that the revised Imperial House Law, which allows male paternal-line descendants of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the family, violates the Constitution.

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Foreign-language versions of Japanese manga works, clockwise from top left: “Crayon Shin-chan” (Vietnamese); “City Hunter” (Polish); “Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms” (Italian); “Tomino the Damned” (Russian); “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” (Malaysian); “Berserk” (French); and “Grimoire of Zero” (Ukrainian). (Haruto Hiraoka)