Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in September 1974 shows the members of Japanese four-man rock band Carol, led by Eikichi Yazawa (2nd from R). A guitarist and vocalist of the band, Johnny Okura (far L), who subsequently became an actor, died of pneumonia on Nov. 19, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62.

Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami.

Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in September 1974 shows the members of Japanese four-man rock band Carol, led by Eikichi Yazawa (2nd from R). A guitarist and vocalist of the band, Johnny Okura (far L), who subsequently became an actor, died of pneumonia on Nov. 19, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62. (Kyodo)