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