Tetsuya Chikushi

Japanese journalist

Tetsuya Chikushi

筑紫 哲也

Born| (1935-06-23)June 23, 1935

Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Died| November 7, 2008(2008-11-07) (aged 73)

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation(s)| Journalist, news anchor

Tetsuya Chikushi (Japanese: 筑紫 哲也, Chikushi Tetsuya, 23 June 1935 – 7 November 2008) was a Japanese journalist, TV presenter and news anchor.

## Career[edit]

Chikushi was born in Hita, Ōita on 23 June 1935. He graduated from Waseda University's school of political science and economics, and joined the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in 1959 as a reporter.[1]

He worked for the Asahi Shimbun's political news department, Okinawa bureau, and Washington bureau, before being appointed as managing editor of the Asahi Journal magazine.[1]

He later resigned from the Asahi Shimbun to become the anchorman of TBS's News 23 late-night news programme in October 1989.

He left TBS's News 23 in May 2007 after announcing on air that he was suffering from cancer.[1]

He died of lung cancer on 7 November 2008 at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 73.[1] He was a guest professor of Waseda University[2] and Ritsumeikan University.[3]

## See also[edit]

* Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
* Aum Shinrikyo

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d The Mainichi Daily News: "Celebrity journalist Tetsuya Chikushi loses battle with lung cancer" (7 November 2008)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
2. ^ "筑紫教授、最終講義". Archived from the original on September 1, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
3. ^ http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/mng/gl/koho/headline/info/2006/06/kyakuin.pdf[bare URL PDF]

## External links[edit]

* TBS "News 23" (in Japanese)

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