Tsuneo Watanabe, a media titan known for holding sway over Japanese politics through the country's influential daily newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, died of pneumonia Thursday, his company said. He was 98.Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of the daily's holding company, had close ties with powerful political figures such as Yasuhiro Nakasone, a prime minister in the 1980s who had deep bonds with then U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He was also president of the Yomiuri Giants, one of the most famous professional baseball clubs in Japan.After joining The Yomiuri Shimbun in…READ FULL ARTICLE
