Tezuka's 1951 sci-fi conflict ends with a dramatic conciliation that, Natume argues, mirrors Japanese hopes for a peaceful solution to the Cold War.

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But to popular media columnist Natume Fusanosuke, Tezuka's work reflects real-life tensions -- specifically that between U.S. and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

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Takashi Tezuka, director of Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story, is supervising the development of the new game, which is set in a fanciful world of yarn and textiles.

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The parties at war: the make-believe nations of Star and Uran in Karubeki Sekai ("The World That Is Coming"), a futuristic epic by the late Japanese cartoonist Tezuka Osamu.

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However, ANA spokeswoman Megumi Tezuka said the airline was not required to report the battery replacements to Japan's Transport Ministry because they did not interfere with flights and did not raise safety concerns.

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