{
  "id": 16738583,
  "title": "Legendary Ashita no Joe Manga Artist Tetsuya Chiba Dies at 87",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/legendary-ashita-no-joe-manga-artist-tetsuya-chiba-dies-at-87-16738583",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:03:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Weekender",
    "slug": "tokyo-weekender",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/anime-and-manga/ashita-no-joe-manga-artist-tetsuya-chiba-dies-at-87/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On October 22, publisher Kodansha announced that Tetsuya Chiba, the illustrator of Ashita no Joe and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, has died. He was 87. According to reports, Chiba passed away due to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a type of cancer that impairs the production of healthy blood cells in […] The post Legendary Ashita no Joe Manga Artist Tetsuya Chiba Dies at…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}