ROCKET NEWS
 
Creator of anime/manga franchise says the already-decided on director is the perfect choice.
There’s a long list of would-be Western live-action anime adaptations that got stalled before ever beginning filming, and even when they do make it to the finish line of a theatrical release...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The tolerance for Halloween in Tokyo may be on a knife edge after some revellers in Shibuya caused vandalism and overturned a vehicle, resulting in arrests over the weekend.
Halloween has developed in Japan from a barely known foreign custom celebrated publicly by a handful of rowd...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military said it successfully tested a key missile defense system Friday, in a milestone that experts say shows a growing U.S. capability to knock down an incoming, medium-range missile from countries like North Korea and Iran.
The Aegis system used in the late...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A robot endowed with artificial intelligence (AI) to detect suspicious persons and objects will operate on a trial basis at a Tokyo train station next month.
Dubbed the Perseusbot — a combination of “Perseus,” the legendary hero of Greek mythology who defeated monsters, and “robo...

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WASHINGTON POST
 
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood before African leaders in Nairobi two years ago and outlined his vision for a vast stretch of the globe — from the Pacific to the Indian oceans — united by trade and a common political worldview.
It was also a statement on the bro...

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BBC
 
An Aberdeen karate great is to present a Scottish Samurai honour to the Japanese Prime Minister.
Ronnie Watt OBE is part of a Scottish Samurai Awards delegation heading to Japan, with the highlight set to be the meeting with Shinzo Abe next week.
Mr Watt - who has a 9th Dan ranking - founde...

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BBC
 
The chief priest at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of Emperor Akihito.
In comments leaked to a magazine, Kunio Kohori said he believed Emperor Akihito was trying to destroy the shrine by not visiting it.
The shrine in Tokyo honours Ja...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
 
The foothills of Mount Fuji will be the setting for the individual time trial events at the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 organisers and world cycling's governing body (UCI) announced on Wednesday.
TOKYO: The foothills of Mount Fuji will be the setting for the individual time trial e...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — Tasuku Honjo, distinguished professor at Kyoto University, said Tuesday that he has led a fortunate life, expressing his delight at winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Honjo, 76, wearing a navy suit and a light blue tie, arrived at the uni...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi will request Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to retain Keiichi Ishii of the party as land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister in a Cabinet reshuffle slated for Tuesday, party sources said Saturday.
Yamaguchi believes that...

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