On July 15, 2006, director Mamoru Hosoda released his technically second but spiritually first anime film: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. His debut was a One Piece feature from a year prior, but with its follow-up, Hosoda got the creative freedom to explore his emerging, unique style. Two decad...
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YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Fourteen people were taken to hospital after a multiple-vehicle accident involving a tour bus in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on
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TOKYO -- The Oyatsu Company Ltd., known for its Baby Star Ramen snack brand, has launched a tartar sauce-flavored version of its "Sozai Ichiba: Same n
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's transport ministry began accepting applications for custom motorcycle number plates on Monday, expanding a program previously
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YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Newcomer Atsumi Harasawa won the Yokohama mayoral election Sunday with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and othe
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday, tracking Wall Street losses late last week amid concerns over heavy investment in artificial intell
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a monetary offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Monday, a senior ruling party me
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TSUYAMA, Okayama -- In a mountainous area of Okayama Prefecture in western Japan, young Buddhist priests are struggling with shrinking congregations,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With the help of Japan, home to legendary players Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani, baseball has gradually gained a foothold in Sri La
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Sunday praised Self-Defense Forces personnel who had returned from fighting forest fire
