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A float depicting Son Goku from the Dragon Ball manga series during the annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York in 2018. -  AP - Tina Fineberg

Paris 'Dragon Ball' theme park in doubt as Japanese owners deny granting licence

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French press was abuzz following the announcement at the end of August of a 6 billion investment in the construction of ...

Aug 27, 2026 | Japan

Japan's Yayoi Kusama, one of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists, has died aged 97, her company said Thursd ...

Aug 13, 2026 | Japan

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting a stro ...

Aug 9, 2026 | Japan

Nagasaki on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city, as the mayor called nuclea ...

Aug 3, 2026 | Japan

President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that the United States had intervened to support the Japanese yen, calling th ...

Jul 28, 2026 | Japan

A considerable number of people have died at Aeon shopping mall damaged by a major earthquake Tuesday in southwestern ...

Jul 17, 2026 | Japan

Japan's parliament enacted Friday a historic revision to the 19th century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal- ...

Jul 11, 2026 | Japan

More than 14,000 people in Taiwan have fled their homes, and many shops remain closed, as a typhoon pounding Japan's rem ...

Jun 3, 2026 | Japan

Japan's thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it's battlin ...

May 3, 2026 | Japan

BEIJING, May 1, (Xinhua/GNA) 8212; An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Hokkaido, Japan at 1719 GMT on Friday, ...

Mar 31, 2026 | Japan

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a visit that was initially aimed at strengthening partn ...

Mar 15, 2026 | Japan

In her animated film Dandelion's Odyssey, Japanese director Momoko Seto explores the theme of migration something seen ...

Aug 20, 2025 | Japan

Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to C ...