Japan comedian wants to change world like Chaplin
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A weekly TV show mocking Japanese  politicians may seem a far cry from "The Great Dictator," but  comedian Hikari Ota says it was watching Charlie Chaplin's  masterpieces as a child that inspired his career.
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With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan&#39;s first openly gay member of parliament -- and change the way the country treats sexual minorities.
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The low-key Yasuo Fukuda has promised to bring stability to Japan's tumultuous politics.
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There's no escaping Norio Minorikawa on Japanese TV. He hosts news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows &#151; even his country's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
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Japanese movie director Naomi Kawase, who  won the Grand Prix at this year&#39;s Cannes Film Festival, hopes  her win will inspire other Japanese directors in a domestic  industry dominated by horror and animated films.
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Feeling betrayed by the North Korea talks, Tokyo wants the U.S. -- and a visiting Dick Cheney -- to show some love
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Japan&#39;s Takeshi Kitano pokes fun at  himself, fellow film-makers and the cinema industry in his  latest work, the surreal tale of a director on a quest to shoot  the ultimate movie that everyone will love.
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Raising kids, cooking meals and chatting to ordinary people -- Empress Michiko's sweeping changes to Japan's ultra-conservative imperial family has made her an endearing figure to the masses.
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Sony Pictures has acquired domestic theatrical rights to the films of Harold Lloyd, the bespectacled comedian who played a kind of everyman doing battle with the modern world.
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The Prime Minister vowed to restore Japan's place on the world stage. His resignation may be a sign that domestic concerns will turn the country inward again
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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The popular social networking juggernaut hopes to take Japan by storm, but it must contend with 'Mixi,' its 8-million-strong Japanese counterpart. By the Associated Press.
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International action king and martial arts expert Jackie Chan is in the country.
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Cult film director Quentin Tarantino is to appear in a Japanese western directed by his friend Takashi Miike.
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Model-turned-actor Milind Soman has recently completed shooting for a Japanese film.
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InfoWorld - The CEO of Japan&#39;s leading social networking site, Mixi Inc., said Wednesday he hopes the country&#39;s law will be changed to allow users more freedom in sharing and viewing copyrighted content on the Internet.
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An influential Japanese politician seen as a top contender to become prime minister has acknowledged intervening over a TV program on the sensitive topic of the late Emperor Hirohito's responsibility for war crimes.