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Reuters reported. The boob tube-licking food feature is intended to enhance connection-starved watchers’ ability to connect and interact while limited by coronavirus restrictions.“The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” said the Meiji University professor.

Celtic are still waiting to find out whether they will have Kyogo Furuhashi available for the rescheduled clash with Rangers.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentLocally-made films, especially animated titles, dominated the Japanese box office in 2021.

This is so, so heartbreaking.

The Legend of Zelda for the Famicom Disk System has sold for around £3000, all because it has a sticker with the name of a popular noodle brand on it.The sale was first spotted by Japanese author and game collector Jironosuke, and then subsequently Tales of Arise lead English translator Tom James. The auction was held on Yahoo, and closed on December 20, with the final price being 453,000 yen, or around £2,980 at the time of writing.

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Sayaca Kanda, best known to anime fans for her voice roles “Idoly Pride”, “Star Blazers 2202” and “Convenience Store Boyfriends”, has died at 35.

Sayaka Kanda, a voice-over actress and singer who voiced Anna in the dubbed Japanese version of Disney’s Frozen, was found dead on Saturday at a hotel in Sapporo. She was 35.

LOS ANGELES -- It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” and Jane Campion’s “ The Power of the Dog ” for members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to give top honors to both on Saturday.The Japanese film “Drive My Car” was named best picture and “The Power of the Dog,” a Western drama set in 1925, got runner up.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Brit Awards, one of Britain’s biggest music events, have unveiled their 2022 nominees, with the likes of ABBA, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Måneskin and Olivia Rodrigo up for awards.Adele and Ed Sheeran picked up four nominations apiece with both getting nods for album of the year, artist of the year, best pop/R&B act and song of the year.

A Scots pervert was caught with a sick haul of ‘Japanese manga’ videos of child sex abuse after his tablet was found by a cleaner.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentNew films by leading Japanese auteurs Kawase Naomi, Anno Hideaki and Shinkai Makoto are highlights of the 2022 lineup unveiled on Wednesday by Toho, Japan’s most powerful film studio.Shinkai’s film is a follow-up to his global anime mega-hits “Your Name” and “Weathering With You.” Titled “Suzume no Tojimari” (translation: “Suzume Closes the Doors”), it follows the 17-year-old protagonist, Suzume, as she travels around Japan closing magical doors to keep evil

Makoto Shinkai, the director of anime box office hits "Your Name" and "Weathering With You," has set his next anime film, "Suzume no Tojimari," for release in the fall of 2022.Shinkai announced the news Wednesday in a press conference via Japanese studio Toho's YouTube channel, saying that the film is his first in three years since 2019's "Weathering With You." "Suzume no Tojimari," which does not yet have an English title or distributor, is a road movie following a 17-year-old girl from a small

Princess Mako and her husband, Kei Komuro, are getting comfortable in their new home.The newlyweds were spotted on Sunday, December 12, going for a stroll in New York City, where the pair moved last month following their wedding ceremony. Since the law in Japan requires a princess to “leave the imperial family upon marriage to a commoner,” Princess Mako gave up her royal titles to marry Komuro. She also turned down a $1.3 million payout from the Japanese government that is traditionally paid to

Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetrical horror title Dead By Daylight is bringing the iconic Japanese horror film Ringu to the title early next year.Arriving in March 2022, the chapter is inspired by the 1998 Japanese horror film and novel that was based on, not the 2002 American remake The Ring.

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Naman Ramachandran Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” Japan’s entry to the Academy Awards’ international category, looks to be the odds on favorite from Asia to win the category.The drama with a theater world backdrop follows the trajectory of South Korean four-statuette winner “Parasite” in that it began its winning ways at Cannes and is festooned with awards en route to the Oscars.

Richard Kuipers For much of its running time, “Asakusa Kid” is a safe, traditional and easily enjoyable biographical drama about the scrappy early career of legendary Japanese comedian-actor-author-filmmaker “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. When the handsomely packaged Netflix movie injects the verve and invention Kitano is celebrated for, it shines much more brightly.