Billionaire Hirotake Yano dies due to heart failure in Japan aged 80

Billionaire Hirotake Yano has died of heart failure at the age of 80 in Japan. The founder of Daiso Industries passed away in Hiroshima on February 12, the company said in a statement on Monday. Yano's net worth was about $1.9 billion at the time of his death, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.