was a Japanese journalist, newscaster and essayist.

Life

*Graduated from Tochiku High School in

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, Japan, and from

Tokyo University , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

. He began working for the

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...

, a Japanese newspaper company. He was dispatched to

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as a war correspondent and reported the

Battles of Khalkhin Gol The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (russian: Бои на Халхин-Голе; mn, Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Jap ...

. Between May 1963 and May 1970, he wrote essays in

Tensei Jingo Tensei Jingo (天声人語, literally, ''the voice of heaven is the voice of people'') is the title of a column which appears on the front page of the ''Asahi Shimbun'', a Japanese newspaper. It is a translation of the Latin phrase as ''Vox Populi ...

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 JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Networ ...

) 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Irie, Tokuro Japanese journalists Japanese essayists Japanese broadcast news analysts The Asahi Shimbun people 1913 births 1989 deaths 20th-century essayists 20th-century journalists