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OSAKA -- Following the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election, Japan's conservative opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party, JIP), w
Many companies are holding off on adjusting their full-year outlook as they consider how higher prices for energy, metals and other resources will impact earnings.
HASHIMA, Gifu Prefecture--A grandmother’s gift led to Eito Hara’s decades-long fascination with “kaiju” monsters, his renown as a sculptor and alarmed looks from people shocked by his passion for the creatures. A special exhibition featuring about 10 lifelike sculptures of kaiju and dinosaurs created by Hara from newspapers and other everyday materials are on display at the Hashima Movie Museum here. Scattered across the venue are heads modeled after a carnivorous allosaurus, monsters from live-action movies, including Gamera and Gyaos, and other paper sculptures. Hara, 65, who lives ...