Deaths from cancer in Japan

, known colloquially by his personal name was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. As emperor during the Shōwa era, Hirohito presided over the rise of Japanese militarism, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II, and the nation's postwar economic miracle.

was an Akita dog remembered for his strong dedication to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait for almost ten years following Ueno's death in 1925.

Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)

Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963)

Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)

Japanese historical novelist (1892–1962)

Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)

Japanese judoka (1967–2021)

Japanese prince (1946-2012)

Japanese association football player (1978–2016)

Japanese singer (1974-2016)

Japanese actor and voice actor

Japanese actress (1924-2012)

Japanese speed skater (1968–2017)

Japanese professional wrestler (1938-1999)

Japanese actress (1871–1946)

Japanese actress and voice actress (1963–2013)

Japanese general (1885–1940)

Japanese boxer (1946–2004)

Japanese writer (1902-1981)

Japanese artist (1898-1972)

Japanese actor and voice actor (1937–2013)

Japanese manga artist (1935–2015)

Japanese film director (1897–1945)

Japanese singer (1962–2023)

Japanese general (1882-1948)

Japanese politician (1939-2019)

Japanese science fiction writer and essayist (1974-2009)

Japanese anti-nuclear activist; Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor

Japanese singer-songwriter and composer (1964-2005)

Japanese actress (1965–2014)

Japanese composer (1953–2023)

daimyo of Sendai han (1640-1711)

Japanese actor and singer (1950–2019)

Japanese politician (1933–2009)

Japanese composer (1936-2003)

Japanese actor

Japanese diplomat (1937-2004)

Japanese sculptor (1931-1989)

Japanese boxer, world champion, Olympian (1949-2020)

Japanese politician

Japanese actor-singer

Japanese motorcycle builder (1922-1995)

Japanese lawyer (1880–1953)

baseball player, coach (1937-2007)

Japanese actress (1978-2024)

Japanese voice actress

Japanese writer (1912–1976)

Japanese sumo wrestler

Japanese admiral (1843–1898)

Japanese mathematician

Japanese politician (1949-2007)

Japanese voice actor and singer

Japanese academic

Japanese soldier (1912–2006)

Japanese actress and voice actress (1929–1999)

Japanese writer

Japanese baseball player (1935-2014)

Japanese politician

Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler