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Voice Of Japan's Beloved Robot Cat 'Doraemon' Dies At 90
Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.
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Akira Toriyama, Creator Of "Dragon Ball" Series, Dies At 68
The creator of Japan's hugely popular "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.
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From Majors To Manga: Japan Tennis Ace Naomi Osaka To Star In Comic Book
Naomi Osaka has welcomed a new manga comic-book series where she will star as a cartoon character in a magazine aimed at teenage girls.
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Longest-Running Cartoon Show Switches To Re-Runs As Production Stops
Millions of Japanese viewers of the world's longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Fuji Television Network said on Sunday.
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Japan Firm Pulls Naomi Osaka Advert Amid "Whitewash" Spat
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam last year after beating Serena Williams at the US Open.
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What's Behind The Pokemon Go Craze
If you see people - adults and kids - meandering around town these days, eyes glued to their phones, chances are very high they are not texting or looking at emails but searching for Pokemon, the cute, cartoon critters that debuted in Japan in 1996 and won the hearts of every fifth-grader since.
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Cartoon Capers: Japan PM Shinzo Abe Uses Offbeat PR Blitz to Rescue Ratings
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is using 'anime' cartoons, Internet chats and even an unusual show-and-tell TV appearance, complete with a mockup of burning buildings, in an effort to persuade wary voters that his bolder defence policy makes sense.
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Japan to Export Robot Cat Doraemon to US: Network
One of Japan's most popular cartoon creations, Doraemon, a robot cat from the future with a magic pocket and a portal to anywhere, is to make his debut on US TV this year, officials said Friday.
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Protests in Japan over French Fukushima cartoons aimed at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japan is traditionally sensitive to opinions about it expressed in foreign media and has been angered that a crisis that brought such human tragedy has become the subject of caricature.
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Malaysian newspaper apologises for tsunami cartoon
A Malaysian newspaper apologised Monday over a cartoon of the tsunami in Japan after many complained that it was insensitive to the tragedy that has killed thousands.The cartoon depicting the Japanese costume hero Ultraman fleeing an oncoming tsunami appeared in the Sunday edition of the Malay-language daily Berita Harian. It immediately provoked p...
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Voice Of Japan's Beloved Robot Cat 'Doraemon' Dies At 90
Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.
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Akira Toriyama, Creator Of "Dragon Ball" Series, Dies At 68
The creator of Japan's hugely popular "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.
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From Majors To Manga: Japan Tennis Ace Naomi Osaka To Star In Comic Book
Naomi Osaka has welcomed a new manga comic-book series where she will star as a cartoon character in a magazine aimed at teenage girls.
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Longest-Running Cartoon Show Switches To Re-Runs As Production Stops
Millions of Japanese viewers of the world's longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Fuji Television Network said on Sunday.
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Japan Firm Pulls Naomi Osaka Advert Amid "Whitewash" Spat
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam last year after beating Serena Williams at the US Open.
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What's Behind The Pokemon Go Craze
If you see people - adults and kids - meandering around town these days, eyes glued to their phones, chances are very high they are not texting or looking at emails but searching for Pokemon, the cute, cartoon critters that debuted in Japan in 1996 and won the hearts of every fifth-grader since.
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Cartoon Capers: Japan PM Shinzo Abe Uses Offbeat PR Blitz to Rescue Ratings
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is using 'anime' cartoons, Internet chats and even an unusual show-and-tell TV appearance, complete with a mockup of burning buildings, in an effort to persuade wary voters that his bolder defence policy makes sense.
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Japan to Export Robot Cat Doraemon to US: Network
One of Japan's most popular cartoon creations, Doraemon, a robot cat from the future with a magic pocket and a portal to anywhere, is to make his debut on US TV this year, officials said Friday.
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Protests in Japan over French Fukushima cartoons aimed at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japan is traditionally sensitive to opinions about it expressed in foreign media and has been angered that a crisis that brought such human tragedy has become the subject of caricature.
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Malaysian newspaper apologises for tsunami cartoon
A Malaysian newspaper apologised Monday over a cartoon of the tsunami in Japan after many complained that it was insensitive to the tragedy that has killed thousands.The cartoon depicting the Japanese costume hero Ultraman fleeing an oncoming tsunami appeared in the Sunday edition of the Malay-language daily Berita Harian. It immediately provoked p...
