I have never trusted role models. There is something odd about presenting a specific person as an example to be followed, simply because that person may have achieved something great in one aspect of ...

The memoir that Hirotada Ototake published in 1998 propelled him to stardom in Japan. No One’s Perfect is his true-life story of struggling to get on in Japanese society after being born with no arms ...

In a blow that could further humiliate the scandal-tainted ruling party, disabled celebrity author and educator Hirotada Ototake, rumored to be tapped for an election run with the Liberal Democratic ...

Best-selling author Hirotada Ototake, who was born without arms and legs, walked more than 50 meters on Sept. 28 with the aid of robotic legs developed by a research laboratory. Taking rests along the ...

Hirotada Ototake, disabled author known for his book No Ones Perfect, an instant best-seller in Japan, arrives at a Tokyo elementary school where he was appointed full-time teacher. Born in 1976 with ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering fielding famed sport journalist and educator Hirotada Ototake, who was born without limbs due to a congenital disorder, as a ...

His scorned ex-wife also plans to sue the five women he secretly dated during their marriage. A TOP Japanese author born with no arms or legs is being sued by his wife for affairs with FIVE mistresses ...

The governing Liberal Democratic Party has decided to forgo fielding disabled celebrity author Hirotada Ototake in the upper house election this summer after revelations he committed adultery, a party ...