December 4, 1994 (Awake in the winter early), ITTF President Di Village Ichi Lang's death.

1994, the ITTF President was suffering from lung cancer, the treatment failed, died in Tokyo at age 62.
Di Village from 1948 began to play table tennis, the 1954 world men's singles champion. Since then, he has more than 12 gold medals in the World Championship game. After her retirement, he worked in Sweden over 20 countries served as a table tennis coach. 1987 Ogimura elected as ITTF President, during his tenure Di Village has made a great contribution to the development of world table tennis.
Di Village, an active advocate of the establishment and development of the Sino-Japanese friendly relations. In 1971, he invited the Chinese table tennis team to participate in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships, had two visit China, talks with Premier Zhou Enlai, and played an important role in the Sino-US "ping pong diplomacy". Mr. Ogimura after the death of the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Old Bridge extension into the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association Sun flattened and so issued a statement of condolences to his death.