TOKYO: World-renowned Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died at the age of 71, his office announced Sunday. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra known as YMO, revealed in June 2022 that he had been battling stage 4 cancer, reported Japan’s Kyodo News Agency. The Tokyo native also starred in the 1983 war film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,“ and won an Oscar and Grammy for scoring the 1987 movie “The Last Emperor.” A funeral for Sakamoto, who died last Tuesday, was already held with only close relatives in attendance, the office said. The exact cause of death was not immediately known.With his interest in environmental and pe
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