Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a noted classical music critic, standing in the garden of his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture in January 2012. Yoshida's family on May 27, 2012, said that he died of acute heart failure on May 22 at his home at age 98.

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida (R), a Japanese classical music critic, receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in November 2006. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic, during an interview at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2009. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in the city. He was 98.

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2009 shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

Writer Setouchi, 4 others receive Order of Culture

Writer Setouchi, 4 others receive Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - This year's five winners of the Order of Culture -- (From L to R) novelist Jakucho Setouchi, economist Miyohei Shinohara, music critic Hidekazu Yoshida, Japanese-style painter Chusaku Oyama and professor of welding engineering Yoshiaki Arata -- pose for photos at a garden at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3.

Writer Setouchi, 4 others receive Order of Culture

Writer Setouchi, 4 others receive Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - This year's five winners of the Order of Culture -- (From L to R) novelist Jakucho Setouchi, economist Miyohei Shinohara, music critic Hidekazu Yoshida, Japanese-style painter Chusaku Oyama and professor of welding engineering Yoshiaki Arata -- pose for photos at a garden at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a noted classical music critic, standing in the garden of his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture in January 2012. Yoshida's family on May 27, 2012, said that he died of acute heart failure on May 22 at his home at age 98. (Kyodo)

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2009 shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98. (Kyodo)

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98. (Kyodo)

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic, during an interview at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2009. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in the city. He was 98. (Kyodo)

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida (R), a Japanese classical music critic, receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in November 2006. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98. (Kyodo)