Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto (in this file photo), 45, married Rin Ihara, 26, a former weather forecaster, and she is expected to have a baby by the end of this year, his office Yoshimoto Kogyo said May 17. He published ''Isho'' (Farewell Note), a collection of essays, in 1994 and it became one of the bestsellers of the year. (Kyodo)

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