The Japanese press has carried the news of the early death of the first Japanese supermodel, Sayoko Yamaguchi. That didn't really register with me even though Newsweek apparently judged her to be one of the world's top models in the Seventies. It seems that there is one major overseas link that is worth mentioning, however: she was the inspiration behind the cover of the 1977 album "Aja" by Steely Dan.
