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Masashi Kishimoto to draw ‘Boruto’ one-shot, oversee new series

Robot 6 – December 22, 2015 – If you thought that after 15 years Masashi Kishimoto was truly done with the world of Naruto, think again. It was announced over the weekend that Kishimoto will write and draw a Boruto one-shot manga, featuring the son of Naruto, and supervise a new Boruto series written by Ukyō Kodachi (Boruto: Naruto the Movie) and drawn by Naruto assistant Mikio Ikemoto.

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Dollar weakens vs Yen after Bank of Japan’s policy tweak

http://dunyanews.tv – NEW YORK (AFP) – December 19th, 2015 – The dollar weakened Friday, losing ground against the yen after the Bank of Japan s unexpected tweak of its monetary stimulus program. The Japanese central bank jolted markets with a new scheme supporting companies actively investing in the world s number-three economy, stoking a brief surge in the Nikkei benchmark stock index and the dollar.

Japan names its 2015 Car of the Year!

The Mazda MX-5. Credit: Newspress   iafrica.com – December 9, 2015 – The Mazda MX-5 has driven away with the Car of the Year Japan award for 2015, handing the automaker back-to-back victories. In 2014, the Mazda2 was awarded the honour. This year, however, the MX-5 scored 442 votes, pipping the Honda S660 by 41 votes when the last of the sixty juror’s votes were read out. The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, which finished in third place, totalled 177 votes to pick up the Import Car of the Year gong.

Japanese Stocks Follow U.S. Rebound as Jobs Report Buoys Dollar

BloombergBusiness – December 7, 2015 — 11:41 AM JST - Japanese stocks rallied after a strong U.S. jobs report reinforced confidence in the world’s largest economy and sent the dollar higher against the yen. The Topix index climbed 1.3 percent to 1,593.96 at the lunch break in Tokyo, after sliding 1.3 percent last week. Exporters from Honda Motor Co. to TDK Corp. advanced, while energy explorers slipped after OPEC opted not to impose a limit on output. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.5 percent to 19,796.65. The yen traded at 123.28 per dollar after weakening 0.4 percent on Friday as U.S. non-farm payrolls increased more than economists had expected in November, driving U.S. equities higher.