Public broadcaster NHK said he died of heart failure. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Flamboyant Japanese professional wrestler turned politician Antonio Inoki died on Saturday aged 79, local media reported.Standing 1.9 metres tall, Mr Inoki was a pioneer of mixed martial arts in Japan, and shot to fame in 1976 for taking on world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a zany wrestler-versus-boxer bout in Tokyo.He travelled to Iraq prior to the 1990 Gulf War to gain the release of Japanese hostages.
Having built a strong personal connection with North Korea over the years, Mr Inoki travelled there dozens of times to help resolve the issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens during the Cold War, before ending his political career in 2019.
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