Nationality Japanese Years active 1958 - 2013 | Spouse(s) Masako Name Takao Iwami | |
Born October 6, 1935 ( 1935-10-06 ) Died January 18, 2014(2014-01-18) (aged 78)Shinjuku, Tokyo Occupation political pundit, journalist |
Takao Iwami (岩見隆夫, Iwami Takao, October 6, 1935 – January 18, 2014) was a Japanese political pundit and journalist.
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Born in Dalian, he was brought up in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. After graduating from Kyoto University's Law Department, he joined the Mainichi Shimbun in 1958, where he held several posts, among them editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Sunday Mainichi, and, after his retirement in 2007, special advisor (since 2012).
He died on January 18, 2014, of pneumonia, after battling liver cancer for some time.
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