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Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 07:52:15 JST Rich Stein (he/him)

Thank goodness!
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241213/p2a/00m/0li/035000c
#Tokyo #Japan #PipoKun (🤔... not sure about this hashtag...)
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  Crisis averted: Tokyo police's beloved mascot 'Pipo-kun' plush toy sales to resume in April - The Mainichi
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/
  
  TOKYO -- Sales of plush toys of
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  Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 07:52:15 JST Minoru Saba
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  TIL today:
  ”Its name comes from combining the sounds of the words "people" and "police." The character is part of a seven-member family that includes his parents, grandparents and younger sister and brother.”
  Had mistakenly thought 'Pipo-kun' was named after the sound of police car sirens and resembled former Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura.
  Didn't know about the ”seven-member family”🙂
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobutaka_Machimura
  #Japan #mascot
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    Nobutaka Machimura
    
    Nobutaka Machimura (町村信孝, Machimura Nobutaka, 17 October 1944 – 1 June 2015) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzō Abe. He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 21 April 2015 after suffering from a stroke. Early life and education Machimura was born on 17 October 1944. He attended the University of Tokyo and Wesleyan University in the United States. Career Machimura was elected to his first term in the House of Representatives in the December 1983 election, and he was re-elected in each election since. He became Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture on 11 September 1997, as part of Prime Minister...

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