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METROPOLIS. Director Rin Taro worked with Osamu Tezuka to adapt Tezuka’s 1949 manga, a riff on Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent sci-fi classic. This adaptation is an anime film that follows Kenichi (Kei Kobayashi) and his uncle, Shunsaku Ban (Kousei Tomita), in a futuristic city in which robots do most of the work, but must live underground. Shunsaku is a detective on the trail of a fugitive who is creating a robot named Tima (Yuka Imoto), but soon Kenichi and Tima are on the run together. Since Tima is unaware of her purpose...
...determined health claims surrounding the products were bogus and barred related advertisements as fraudulent. Japanese companies are treading carefully. "We say there are lots of negative ions in nature, and our products increase the number of negative ions," says Panasonic spokesman Akira Kodota. "That's it." Tokyo resident Jyuichi Kobayashi, 33, has begun to doubt the value of the negative-ion bracelet he wears. "It isn't helping me sleep or get over my jet lag," he grumbles. "I guess you have to believe it for it to work." Our advice: just think negative...
...TAKERU KOBAYASHI Eating champ breaks record by downing 50 1/2 hot dogs without puking. The economy is bad, the PM is limping, but Japan is No. 1 in offal-eating...
...JoyDress by Italian designer Alexandra Fede uses a network of fine, flexible pads to give a soothing massage at the touch of a button. EXOSKELETONS Strength in Bubbles New inflatable muscles could provide enhanced mobility to the elderly and infirm. Developed at Tokyo's Science University by Hiroshi Kobayashi, whose previous research focused on lifelike robotic faces, this Lycra suit employs tiny air canisters to inflate rubber muscles that boost the strength of the wearer's actual muscles. Pressure sensors detect the wearer's movements and direct the suit accordingly. AUTO SECURITY Remote Control Car thieves beware. A student...
...animosity continues, sparked at times by recalcitrance on the part of the Japanese government and at other times by the insensitivity - or nationalism - of individual Japanese. In February, politicians in Taiwan marched through the streets of Taipei to burn a comic book by Japanese artist Yoshinori Kobayashi, whose inflammatory take on Taiwan's history portrays so-called comfort women as grateful for the opportunity to work as prostitutes. Indonesians were upset earlier this year by a Japanese film Merdeka, which depicts Japan's imperial army as helping Indonesia's fight for independence. The filmmakers have agreed to delete one particularly...