With deep regret I would like to inform FCCJ members of the demise of long-time FCCJ member Vivienne Kenrick. Ms. Kenrick passed away on November 1, in Tokyo.

Monzurul Huq
President FCCJ

Vivienne Kenrick

Vivienne Kenrick, an honorary life-time member of the FCCJ, passed away of pneumonia in Tokyo on November 1, 2009. She was 89.

Kenrick, a long-time columnist of The Japan Times, was born in London and moved to Tokyo in 1948 with her businessman husband and two daughters. She wrote the weekly interview column "Personality Profile" for The Japan Times for 44 years without ever once missing a deadline.

She wrote several books, was area editor of Fodor's Guide to Japan, and did much free-lance work for magazines and newspapers. For both the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 and the Mexico Olympic Games in 1968 she covered the equestrian events for the Associated Press. She was a member of the FCCJ for 30 years.

She is survived by two daughters, one granddaughter and a great-grandson.