Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yuji Hyakutake
Sorry to take so long, but I wanted to check some of the major newspapers like the Asahi and the Yomiuri, but they are behind paywalls and I needed to go to a library to do that. All had obituaries when he died (which helps in terms of ), which stressed not only his discovery of the comet, but also that he was the head of the Starland Aira observatory at the end of his life (:ja:スターランドAIRA). As I stated above, one way he is remembered is not just as the discoverer of the comet, but as an ''amateur'' who discovered the comet. Here is one obit that mentions him as the man who realized the dreams of many amateur astronomers http://www.astroarts.com/news/2002/04/12nao542/index-j.shtml, and another that says he might have been the most famous Japanese astronomer worldwide http://sendaiuchukan.jp/event/news/2002-4-1.html. What seals it for me, however, is the fact that he won an award from the Japanese Ministry of the Environment not just for discovering the comet, but mainly for his work educating the public about astronomy and the environment http://www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/3962.pdf. I think this is strong evidence that  does not apply here
— User:Michitaro, 16:20, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BIO1E (Wikipedia:Notability)