Tokuro Irie

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