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Usamaru) directed the first 10-episode series, which premiered in August 2018. Aoki directed the two new episodes that premiered in March 2019, as well as the eight new episodes that premiered in July 2019. The book series offers humorous introductions to surprising animal facts, such as "raccoons dont really wash their food" and "dolphins would drown if they fell completely asleep." Takahashi Shoten began publishing the book series in 2016, and the resulting four volumes have more than 3 milli...

Lawmakers to launch group for Japans Magnitsky Act against human rights violations January 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) The National Diet building is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Masahiro Kawata) TOKYO -- Japanese lawmakers are launching a multipartisan parliamentary group to establish the Japan version of "the Magnitsky Act," a law that imposes sanctions on foreign individuals or organizations involved in human rights violations. Former Defense Minister Gen Nakatani of the ruling Li...

news Decision to halt all business travel to Japan an abrupt about-face for Suga administration The Mainichi © The Mainichi Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prepares for a news conference after announcing the addition of seven prefectures to the latest state or emergency over the coronavirus, at the prime ministers office on Jan. 13, 2021. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO -- To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government announced on Jan. 13 that it will suspend entry of all...

The spring 2020 anime adaptation of the manga The Gal and the Dinosaur from Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura is getting its home video releases handled by King Records. The distributor had previously set a four-volume release for the twelve-episode series that was going to begin on May 27th, 2020. That went out the window with the COVID-19 pandemic and the series being pushed back with a later start that will begin in October. The DVDs and Blu-rays are both priced the same at 5,800 yen and with t...