Veteran comedy unit Chambara Trio announces disbandment

Shinsuke Yamane (holding flowers), 78, leader of the comedy unit "Chambara Trio," formed in 1963, holds a press conference to announce the disbandment of the group while surrounded by disciples and supporters on May 12, 2015, in Kyoto, western Japan. Yamane, who has been in and out of hospital after being diagnosed with liver cancer around four years ago, attributed the decision to his "physical limits." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo