The Twitter account for manga creator Motoyuki Asai stated on Thursday Motoyuki and his wife, fellow manga creator duo Yū Asai, were in a traffic accident on March 2.
Yū died on March 6 while Motoyuki is currently hospitalized with bone fractures and is in serious condition.
A close relative, who made the announcement on Twitter, stated in another Twitter post that it will take considerable time for Motoyuki to recover.
He debuted as a manga creator in 1984 with the Magnum Taishō manga in a special issue of Coro Coro Comics magazine.