Japanese author, translator, and fan Takumi Shibano, 83, died January 16, 2010 of pneumonia. The “father of Japanese science fiction” founded influential Japanese fanzine Uchujin in 1957, with the most recent issue, #202, appearing in 2009. Beginning in the ’70s he translated around 60 books by authors including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Larry Niven into Japanese, and was a major figure in Japanese fandom, chairing the first Japanese … Continue reading Takumi Shibano, 1926-2010