The primate of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan, has died at the age of 84, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) reported.
"At the 85th year of his life, the primate of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and all Japan, passed away to the Lord," the ROC website reports.
Nusiro Ikio in 1999 in the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra was tonsured a monk with the name Daniel in honor of the holy Prince Daniel of Moscow.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of Courage to the posthumously marching priest of the consolidated Cossack brigade "Don" Archpriest Evfimiy Kozlovtsev, who died in the SVO zone. The Russian leader noted him "for the courage and bravery shown in the performance of civic duty."

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Daniel, Metropolitan (Nusiro Ikio)

Born on September 5, 1938 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
In 1962 he graduated from the Faculty of French Literature at Aichi University.
In 1965 he graduated from Tokyo Theological Seminary, in 1968 — St. Vladimir Theological Seminary in New York, USA, where he received a master's degree in theology.
In November 1969, he was ordained a deacon at the Tokyo Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, and in January 1972, he was ordained a presbyter, appointed rector of St. Matthew's Church in Toyohashi.
On August 20, 1999, in the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, he was tonsured a monk with the name Daniel in honor of the holy Prince Daniel of Moscow.
On September 6, in the Patriarchal Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II was elevated to the rank of abbot.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 6, 1999, he was elected Bishop of Kyoto of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church.
On November 11, in the Trinity Cathedral of the Danilov Stavropol Monastery in Moscow, Archbishop Clement of Kaluga and Borovsky was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite.
He was named bishop on November 13 in the Church of All Saints, in the land of the Russian Shining, Patriarchal Residence in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. He was consecrated on November 14 at the Divine Liturgy at the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow. The divine services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II.
Since May 14, 2000 — Metropolitan of Tokyo and All Japan, Primate of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church.
He passed away to the Lord on August 10 , 2023 .