Tetsuya Chiba, creator of Japan's boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe," dies

Tetsuya Chiba, best known as the creator of the classic Japanese boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe" (Tomorrow's Joe) whose depiction of postwar Japan resonated with readers, died last Thursday at a hospital in Tokyo, the Japan Cartoonists Association said. He was 87.Chiba provided the art for the boxing manga, written by Asao Takamori and later translated into English as "Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow." The story follows an orphan's journey into professional boxing.Born in Tokyo, Chiba moved as a child with his family to Manchuria, now part of northeastern China, during Japan's occu…READ FULL ARTICLE