05/03/2026
Norwich, GB 13 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MASAMITSU YOSHIOKA, aged 106

LAST OF THE PEARL HARBOUR ATTACKERS Masamitsu was born in Noromachi Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan in 1918. At the age of eighteen, he joined the Japanese Navy, working as ground crew on biplanes. Masamitsu was […]

SHIGEICHI NEGISHI, aged 100

A former prisoner of war, he owned an electrical company and invented the karaoke machine – although he didn’t make any money from it. He made people happy.

SUNAO TSUBOI, aged 96

A student in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was detonated, he was lucky to survive. A thwarted romance led to a suicide pact but he lived to be a teacher and campaigner for peace.