Takashi Oka, journalist who interpreted Japan for US, dies at 96
Takashi Oka, journalist who interpreted Japan for US, dies at 96 By Ben Dooley New York Times,Updated December 19, 2020, 4:04 p.m. Email to a Friend A photo provided via the Oka family archive shows Takashi Oka. Oka, a journalist who illuminated a rising Japan for American readers during a long career at The Christian Science Monitor and as the first Japanese-born Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times, died on Dec. 2, 2020, at his home in New York City. He was 96. (Oka family archive via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY OBIT OKA BY BEN DOOLEY FOR DEC....