Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Komatsu akafa musi waJuly 26, 2011 muOsaka nemhaka yematambudziko emapapu pazera remakore 80. Mazuva mashanu asati afa, chinyorwa chake chekota, "Sakyo Komatsu Magazine", chakaburitsa chinyorwa chine pfungwa dzake nezve tsunami ya2011
. Munyaya yacho, Komtasu akaratidza tariro yokuti nyika yake yaizochinja pashure penjodzi yacho. "Ndakanga ndafunga kuti ndaisazonetseka nokufa chero zuva ripi zvaro... asi zvino ndiri kunzwa sokunge ndichagara kwenguva yakati rebei ndokuona kuti Japan ichafamba sei kubva zvino zvichienda mberi", akanyora kudaro.