Deaths from lung cancer in Japan

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

Japanese animator, animation director, director, producer (1935-2018)

Japanese association football player and manager (1931–2017)

75th Prime Minister of Japan (1922-1998)

Korean-Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Kyokushin (1922-1994)

Japanese judoka and professional wrestler (1917–1993)

Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1930-2007)

Japanese writer (1873-1939)

Japanese prince; third son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei (1905–1987)

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1943–2011)

swimmer (1906–1966)

Japanese actress (1930–2001)

Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (, October 12, 1970 – January 17, 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer who rose to prominence for her musical collaborations in Japan, especially her work for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

Japanese cat and YouTube sensation (2007–2025)

Japanese manga artist (1939-2012)

Japanese actor (1927-1984)

Japanese actress (1924-2010)

Japanese film director (1923–2000)

Japanese film director (1938-2020)

Japanese novelist, playwright, progressive intellectual, civic activist, Opponent of amending the Japanese Constitution (1934-2010)

Japanese actor (1943–2021)

Japanese politician (1946-2018)

Imperial Japanese Army officer; member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family (1917–1969)

actor (1913-1985)

Japanese film director (1948-2001)

Japanese actor (1930–1996)

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1950-2006)

Japanese writer (1899-1987)

Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director (1938-2010)

Japanese actor (1925–2012)

Japanese Sumo Wrestler(1953-2022)

Japanese Film director, Theatre director and author (1924–2005)

Japanese voice actress (1946–2003)

Japanese actor

Japanese politician (1951-2018)

Japanese journalist (1935-2008)

Japanese animation film director

Japanese singer (1946–2011)

Japanese actor (1944–2010)

Japanese singer (1993–2015)

Japanese Marxist historian and public intellectual (1928–2004)

Japanese artist (1951–2024)

Japanese politician

Japanese novelist

Japanese anime director (1941-2007)

Japanese politician (1934-2017)

Japanese voice actor

Japanese actor (1931–2002)