In Photos: Tracing the century since Donald Keene's birth and Mainichi news over the years

This image shows a copy of the April 12, 1922 edition of The Osaka Mainichi, the first edition of the English-language Mainichi paper. The front page featured an article welcoming the Prince of Wales who visited Japan on that day, with a photo of him. The then Prince of Wales is the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.

This image shows a copy of the Sept. 5, 1923 edition of The Osaka Mainichi. With a headline reading "Tokyo Groans In Desolate Ruins," articles report on the damage suffered in Japan's capital following the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923. Emperor Taisho (1879-1926) also donated 10 million yen as part of relief measures.

A copy of the Oct. 26, 1929 edition of The Osaka Mainichi is seen with a story with the headline "Brokers Collapse in Wall Street Due to Unprecedented Fall," a report on Black Thursday, when prices on the New York Stock Exchange saw drastic decline on Oct. 24, 1929. The United States, which enjoyed rapid economic growth in the 1920s, would continue to experience a long recession called the Great Depression.

Donald Keene is seen during an interview at his home in Tokyo's Kita Ward in this Dec. 15, 2006, file photo. The room is still used by his bereaved family. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

A yellow dog design is seen on Donald Keene's grave in Muryo-ji Temple near his home in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Feb. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Tadahiko Mori)

This 1932 photo shows Donald Keene, aged around 10, left, with his younger sister and pet dog Bingo at their home in Brooklyn, New York. Bingo had yellowish coat. (Provided by the Donald Keene Memorial Foundation)

A young Donald Keene, pictured in the center toward the right wearing a beret, boards a ship at the Port of Bremen in Germany. His father is to his right. (Provided by the Donald Keene Memorial Foundation)