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A popular manga series featuring Japan's Prince Shotoku of ancient times will be adapted into a traditional Noh-Kyogen play. The production will be staged at a Noh theater in Ginza, central Tokyo ...

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Taichiro Takamatsu, a tailor from Toyama, won the Ronnie Prize, the highest award in the 4th Japan Traditional Craft Revitalization Contest in February. The main reasons he was awarded the prize were ...