Tetsuya Chikushi
Tetsuya Chikushi | |
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筑紫 哲也 | |
Born | Ōita Prefecture, Japan | June 23, 1935
Died | November 7, 2008 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 73)
Occupation | Journalist, news anchor |
Tetsuya Chikushi (Japanese: 筑紫 哲也, Chikushi Tetsuya, 23 June 1935 – 7 November 2008) was a Japanese journalist, TV presenter and news anchor.
Career[]
Chikushi was born in Hita, Ōita on 23 June 1935. He graduated from Waseda University's school of political science and economics, and joined the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in 1959 as a reporter.[1]
He worked for the Asahi Shimbun's political news department, Okinawa bureau, and Washington bureau, before being appointed as managing editor of the Asahi Journal magazine.[1]
He later resigned from the Asahi Shimbun to become the anchorman of TBS's News 23 late-night news programme in October 1989.
He left TBS's News 23 in May 2007 after announcing on air that he was suffering from cancer.[1]
He died of lung cancer on 7 November 2008 at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 73.[1] He was a guest professor of Waseda University[2] and Ritsumeikan University.[3]
See also[]
- Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
- Aum Shinrikyo
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d The Mainichi Daily News: "Celebrity journalist Tetsuya Chikushi loses battle with lung cancer" (7 November 2008)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110901233241/http://waseda-links.com/update/news/1739.htm. Archived from the original on September 1, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2010. Missing or empty
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