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JAPAN
Jun 12, 2005
Miyazaki's 'Howl's Moving Castle' makes debut in N.Y., L.A. theaters
"Howl's Moving Castle," one of Japan's most successful films ever, opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles, giving American audiences their first big-screen view of the latest work from acclaimed animation director Hayao Miyazaki.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2005
'Howl's Moving Castle' pirate DVDs hit the street
Large numbers of pirated DVDs of the animated film "Howl's Moving Castle" are being sold in and around the city of Osaka, Kyodo News learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2004
'Howl's Moving Castle' conjures up box-office record
Famed director Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated film, "Howl's Moving Castle," chalked up 1.48 billion yen in box-office revenue and attracted an audience of 1.1 million people in its first two days of release.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2004
Miyazaki's latest movie to get overseas distribution
Director Hayao Miyazaki's new animated film, "Howl's Moving Castle," which has just premiered in Japan, will also be screened in South Korea, France, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the producer of the film said Saturday.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2003
'Spirited Away' to blitz U.S., Canada
Buena Vista Pictures, a distribution arm of Walt Disney Co., said Monday that Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning animated film "Spirited Away" will be released at 800 U.S. and Canadian movie theaters on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2003
Hayao Miyazaki mum on Oscar, citing war
Hayao Miyazaki, director of "Spirited Away," which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, indicated Monday that he finds it hard to celebrate the prize because of what is going on in the world, apparently referring to the war in Iraq.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2003
'Spirited Away' bags Academy Award
Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the 75th Annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2003
'Spirited Away' earns nomination for best animated feature Oscar
"Spirited Away," the critically acclaimed work by Hayao Miyazaki, received an Academy Awards nomination Tuesday in the Best Animated Feature Film category, while Koji Yamamura's "Mt. Head" was nominated in the animated short film category.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2003
'Spirited Away' wins big at Annie Awards
Japanese animation genius Hayao Miyazaki's critically acclaimed "Spirited Away" ("Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi") on Saturday won Annie Awards in four categories.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2002
'Spirited Away' doing well in Seoul
The Japanese animated movie "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away") is having a successful run in South Korea.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
'Spirited Away' boosts Toho profits
Film producer and distributor Toho Co. said Tuesday it posted record group revenue and pretax and net profits on the success of its box-office hit "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away").
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2002
Copyrights to 'Spirited Away' sold to Disney
Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it has acquired all theatrical, home video and television rights to director Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away"), in North America.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2002
Miyazaki delighted to win Berlin Golden Bear
Film director Hayao Miyazaki expressed delight Tuesday about winning the top prize for his animated film "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away") at the Berlin Film Festival.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2002
'Spirited Away' wins Berlin Golden Bear
Hayao Miyazaki's popular animated film "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away") shared the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear prize Sunday with "Bloody Sunday," a British-Irish film about the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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