Tokuro Irie

Tokuro Irie
Born1913
Fukuoka Prefecture
Died1989
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Journalist(Asahi Shimbun), Main caster of News Scope
Known forWriter of Tensei Jingo

Tokuro Irie (入江徳郎, Irie Tokurō, July 15, 1913 – September 5, 1989) was a Japanese journalist, newscaster and essayist.

Life

  • Graduated from Tochiku High School in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and from Tokyo University. He began working for the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper company. He was dispatched to Nomonhan as a war correspondent and reported the Battles of Khalkhin Gol. Between May 1963 and May 1970, he wrote essays in Tensei Jingo column as a member of the Asahi editorial board. He served as a main caster of JNN's News Scope, broadcast on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television) from October 1969 to March 1981.

Books

  • Tokuro Irie and Shozo Oogiya Scoops not reported Hanashi Sha, 1948 which was the original of the film Midday duel.
  • Tokuro Irie Crybaby newspaperman Masu Shobou, 1950
  • Tokuro Irie Samurai newspaperman Masu Shobou, 1954

References

  • Person Reference Dictionary, Nichigai Associates, 2000, p. 253
  • 20th Century Japanese Biographical Dictionary, from A to Se p. 329
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