THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 24, 2019 at 14:20 JST
Donald Keene plays a part in a “kyogen” traditional comedy play in Tokyo in 1956. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Prominent Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, who introduced a slew of classic Japanese works to a worldwide audience, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 24. [Read More]
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