TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon ...

Tanikawa wrote the lyrics of the theme song for the anime series "Astro Boy." He also translated foreign works into Japanese, including the children's book Swimmy, the Mother Goose rhymes, and the ...

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The pioneer of modern Japanese poetry and the lyricist of Howl's Moving Castle's ending song, Shuntaro Tanikawa, passes away ...