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Actress Awaji dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1964 shows Japanese actress Keiko Awaji. Awaji, known for her role as the girlfriend of a U.S. Navy airman in the 1954 Hollywood film "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" that depicts a Korean War bombing mission, died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 11, 2014, at age 80.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, giving a speech as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo dies

TOKYO, Japan - A November 2011 file photo shows prominent Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo (R) attending an event in Tokyo's Asakusa area. Kanzaburo died on Dec. 5, 2012, at the age of 57. He had made public that he was suffering from esophageal cancer. At C and L of the photo are Kanzaburo's sons Nakamura Kankuro and Nakamura Shichinosuke, also Kabuki actors.

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo dies

TOKYO, Japan - A January 2005 file photo shows prominent Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo speaking during an interview. Kanzaburo died on Dec. 5, 2012, at the age of 57. He had been suffering from esophageal cancer.

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Ex-Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffered bleeding to brain

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, former chief of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company said July 30, 2012, that Yoshida, who is recuperating from esophageal cancer, suffered bleeding to the brain and underwent emergency surgery last week.

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Prominent TV director Wada dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1987 shows prominent TV director Ben Wada who died of esophageal cancer at a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2011. He was 80.

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Conductor Ozawa makes brief comeback at concert

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in the opening movement of the ''Serenade for Strings'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2010. Ozawa, who made his first concert appearance since December while undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, apologized for cutting back on concert appearances due to the intensification of his back pain.

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Conductor Ozawa makes brief comeback at concert

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in the opening movement of the ''Serenade for Strings'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2010. Ozawa, who made his first concert appearance since December while undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, apologized for cutting back on concert appearances due to the intensification of his back pain.

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Conductor Ozawa cancels December trip to Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Eminent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (file photo), who is undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, has decided to cancel a concert tour of Europe scheduled for December, people close to him said on June 3, 2010. Ozawa, 74, will appear in a music event beginning on Dec. 14 at Carnegie Hall in New York as scheduled.

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Japanese conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Prominent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from L), accompanied by his primary doctor, sit for a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Ozawa said he was diagnosed with early stage of esophageal cancer and will cancel all of his 30 concert engagements through June.

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Japanese conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Prominent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa reacts during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Ozawa said he was diagnosed with early stage of esophageal cancer and will cancel all of his 30 concert engagements through June.

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Conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7, 2010, where he announced that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of esophageal cancer. The 74-year-old, who became the first Japanese national to serve as music director of the Vienna State Opera in 2002, said he will cancel all of his concert engagements from January through June for medical treatment.

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Ex-ibis conservation center chief Chikatsuji dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Koki Chikatsuji (in this March 2003 file photo), a former chief of Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center, died May 6 of esophageal cancer.

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Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Endo dies at 72

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Endo (in file photo taken in April 1996), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, dies of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on March 25.

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Popular children's writer Kenjiro Haitani dies at 72

TOKYO, Japan - Kenjiro Haitani (file photo taken in January, 2005), a popular author who cheered up children through his books including ''A Rabbit's Eyes,'' dies of esophageal cancer at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture on Nov. 23. He was 72.

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Asian American acting pioneer Mako dies at 72

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mako Iwamatsu (photo), the Japanese-American acting pioneer who opened the doors for Asian Americans to Hollywood, died of esophageal cancer at his home in southern California on July 21, the Los Angeles Times reported on July 23. He was 72.

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Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease.

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Japan's Auschwitz museum curator Aoki dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - Shinshin Aoki (file photo), the curator of the only museum in Japan dedicated to those who died at the Auschwitz concentration camp, died on July 31 of esophageal cancer at a Fukushima Prefecture hospital. He was 67.

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LDP faction boss Takeshita dies at 74

Undated file photo shows Wataru Takeshita, a veteran member of the House of Representatives and head of a major faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The younger brother of the late former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita died Sept. 17 at age 74, after battling esophageal cancer

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Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Endo dies at 72

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Endo (in file photo taken in April 1996), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, dies of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on March 25. (Kyodo)

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Researchers report positive results in use of virus for cancer therapy

Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, professor at Okayama University, explains at a press conference on April 10, 2015, in Okayama, western Japan, about findings from his team's clinical study on a new treatment method combining the injection of an anticancer virus solution and radiation therapy. Cancer cells in five of the seven patients involved with esophageal cancer were found to have either reduced in size or completely disappeared after the treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian American acting pioneer Mako dies at 72

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mako Iwamatsu (photo), the Japanese-American acting pioneer who opened the doors for Asian Americans to Hollywood, died of esophageal cancer at his home in southern California on July 21, the Los Angeles Times reported on July 23. He was 72. (Kyodo)

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Conductor Ozawa cancels December trip to Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Eminent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (file photo), who is undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, has decided to cancel a concert tour of Europe scheduled for December, people close to him said on June 3, 2010. Ozawa, 74, will appear in a music event beginning on Dec. 14 at Carnegie Hall in New York as scheduled. (Kyodo)

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Ex-ibis conservation center chief Chikatsuji dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Koki Chikatsuji (in this March 2003 file photo), a former chief of Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center, died May 6 of esophageal cancer. (Kyodo)

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Popular children's writer Kenjiro Haitani dies at 72

TOKYO, Japan - Kenjiro Haitani (file photo taken in January, 2005), a popular author who cheered up children through his books including ''A Rabbit's Eyes,'' dies of esophageal cancer at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture on Nov. 23. He was 72. (Kyodo)

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Veteran star singer Kuwata makes comeback

TOKYO, Japan - This video image shows veteran star singer Keisuke Kuwata performing during the popular Red White Year-end Song Festival of NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., on Dec. 31, 2010, making his comeback after undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer. Kuwata did the short gig in a Tokyo studio and the image was shown to the audience in the NHK's main hall through a live broadcast. (Kyodo)

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Japanese conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Prominent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa reacts during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Ozawa said he was diagnosed with early stage of esophageal cancer and will cancel all of his 30 concert engagements through June. (Kyodo)

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Japanese conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Prominent Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from L), accompanied by his primary doctor, sit for a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Ozawa said he was diagnosed with early stage of esophageal cancer and will cancel all of his 30 concert engagements through June. (Kyodo)

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Conductor Ozawa makes brief comeback at concert

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in the opening movement of the ''Serenade for Strings'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2010. Ozawa, who made his first concert appearance since December while undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, apologized for cutting back on concert appearances due to the intensification of his back pain. (Kyodo)

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Conductor Ozawa makes brief comeback at concert

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in the opening movement of the ''Serenade for Strings'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2010. Ozawa, who made his first concert appearance since December while undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, apologized for cutting back on concert appearances due to the intensification of his back pain. (Kyodo)

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Conductor Ozawa to undergo cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7, 2010, where he announced that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of esophageal cancer. The 74-year-old, who became the first Japanese national to serve as music director of the Vienna State Opera in 2002, said he will cancel all of his concert engagements from January through June for medical treatment. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa shows full recovery at Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Britten's ''War Requiem'' at Carnegie Hall in New York on Dec. 18, 2010. Ozawa, who conducted three programs at the venue, had taken time off to recover from esophageal cancer surgery. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa shows full recovery at Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Britten's ''War Requiem'' at Carnegie Hall in New York on Dec. 18, 2010. Ozawa, who conducted three programs at the venue, had taken time off to recover from esophageal cancer surgery. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa shows full recovery at Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Britten's ''War Requiem'' at Carnegie Hall in New York on Dec. 18, 2010. Ozawa, who conducted three programs at the venue, had taken time off to recover from esophageal cancer surgery. (Kyodo)

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Prominent TV director Wada dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1987 shows prominent TV director Ben Wada who died of esophageal cancer at a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2011. He was 80. (Kyodo)

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Veteran star singer Kuwata makes comeback

TOKYO, Japan - This video image shows veteran star singer Keisuke Kuwata performing during the popular Red White Year-end Song Festival of NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., on Dec. 31, 2010, making his comeback after undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer. Kuwata did the short gig in a Tokyo studio and the image was shown to the audience in the NHK's main hall through a live broadcast. (Kyodo)

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Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Auschwitz museum curator Aoki dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - Shinshin Aoki (file photo), the curator of the only museum in Japan dedicated to those who died at the Auschwitz concentration camp, died on July 31 of esophageal cancer at a Fukushima Prefecture hospital. He was 67. (Kyodo)