was a Japanese newspaperman and a columnist in the Showa era. He was known for writing essays in the

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for 17 years.

Life

Ariyama Teruo, ''Aragaki Hideo'' in Kokushi Daijiten, 15, Yoshikawa Kobunkan, Born in 1903 in Hida city,

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, he graduated from the Department of Political Economics,

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and entered the

in 1926. He served as a war correspondent during the Manchurian Incident, and his writing ability was recognized at the coronation of George the sixth. In 1939, he headed the Society Department of the Asahi Shimbun. Later he headed the

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Branch and

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Branch of the Asahi Shimbun. He became a member of the editorial staff in November, 1945 and wrote the

essays exclusively for 17 and a half years. In 1956, he was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Award. He retired from the newspaper in 1963 and later he was active as a columnist and a nature conservationist.

References

*Ariyama Teruo, ''Aragaki Hideo'' in Kokushi Daijiten, 15, Yoshikawa Kobunkan,

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:ARAGAKIHIDEO Japanese war correspondents The Asahi Shimbun people Japanese essayists 1903 births 1989 deaths Writers from Gifu Prefecture Waseda University alumni 20th-century essayists