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The Spirited Away Stage Play Headlines Ghibli Fest 2023
If you’re looking for a reason to brave movie theatres and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ended up giving you Quantumalaise, might I make a modest proposal: Why not go watch an anime masterpiece or nine? Because GKids is bringing nine of the legendary Hayao Miyazaki’s films back into U.S. movie theatres for Studio Ghibli…
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Brace Yourself for a Future in Which You Do Not Attend This Year’s Olympics
If you were planning to fly to Japan to attend the Olympics, love the optimism! But most likely, your plans have been spoiled because we are, in fact, still in a global pandemic. While the final ruling has not yet been announced, the paper Mainichi reported today that a source close to the Japanese government…
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I’ll Tell You What Was A Good Auto Show: The 1987 Tokyo Motor Show
Apropos of pretty much nothing, I gift you a long series of glamorous photos from an auto show, the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show, that pretty much had it all: power, utility, style, concept, cool car names, and other good shit. And that was just Nissan.
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Olympic Planners Want To Scan The Faces Of Hundreds Of Thousands At The 2020 Tokyo Games
According to The Japan Times, the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics plan to use expansive face recognition software at the games, scanning and tracking the faces of hundreds of thousands of athletes, journalists, and officials. Sources close to Olympic officials told the newspaper that the technology won’t be used on spectators.