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Manga Artist Sakura Momoko, Chibi Maruko-chan Creator, Dead at 53

The author of the manga behind one of Japan's most long-running animes is dead of breast cancer at the young age of…

Japanese Restaurant Chain Tests Smoking Ban. The Results…?

Nakada Holdings, which runs a chain of kushikatsu (deep-fried meat skewer) restaurants, decided to get a leg up on the law, and…