Japanese classic comic storyteller Beicho dies at 89

Japanese classic comic storyteller Beicho dies at 89

File photo taken April 2005 shows Japanese classic comic storyteller Katsura Beicho performing in Osaka. Beicho, who died of pneumonia on March 19, 2015, at 89, was honored by the government as a living national treasure in 1996 and in 2009 became the first teller of Japanese classic comic stories, known as "rakugo," to be awarded the Order of Culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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