This is the only song sung in Japanese that ever hit number one on the US pop charts, a 1963 number one hit in the USA.
Kyu Sakamoto died in the crash of Japan Airlines Boeing 747, Flight 123 that broke up in flight due to a structural failure on August 12, 1985.
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