Toshikazu Kase

Age: 101

Summary: Japanese diplomat who was aboard the USS Missouri as Gen. Douglas MacArthur presided at the signing of Japan's unconditional surrender to the United States, who also was instrumental in Japan's gaining full acceptance into the United Nations in 1956 and was Japan's first ambassador to the UN.

Cause of Death: Heart failure

Born: January 12, 1903

Died: May 21, 2004

Location: Tokyo, Japan