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Conan O'Brien to visit Japan's 'Conan Town' after tongue-in-cheek feud with mayor
After a weekslong feud, American comedian Conan O'Brien and Japan's "Conan Town" are set for a showdown. O'Brien is scheduled to visit his namesake town in western Japan this week, supposedly to collect the ¥3 trillion he jokingly claims the municipality in Tottori Prefecture owes ...
Tottori airport revamp adds stores, doubles down on 'Detective Conan' theme
An airport that was renamed after a popular comic book detective a few years ago has completed a revamp as it looks to lure more tourists to sparsely populated Tottori Prefecture. The revamped airport, unveiled Saturday, now has more stores, including one stocked with goods ...
Women in Japan fall for an Amuro who isn't the J-pop star
Most people in Japan associate the surname Amuro with the retiring 40-year-old queen of J-pop of the same name, who gave a series of farewell concerts in June that attracted 800,000 people. Namie Amuro’s official exit from stardom will take place in September but fans ...
Popular 'Detective Conan' comic to return after four-month hiatus
The long-running, popular Japanese serial comic "Detective Conan" ("Meitantei Konan") that has a strong fan base in Asia will resume next week after a four-month hiatus over concerns about the health of its creator, its publisher said Sunday. Making the announcement on April Fool's Day, ...
7-year-old 'Detective Conan' deserves more credit
For the past two decades I've nurtured a secret love for Conan, the boy detective of the "Meitantei Conan" ("Case Closed") series — both Gosho Aoyama's manga, which started in 1994, and the TV anime that began in 1996. The Japanese movie industry may ...
