Takao Iwami


Takao Iwami was a Japanese political pundit and journalist.

Life

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.
He died on January 18, 2014, of pneumonia, after battling liver cancer for some time.

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