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Humanoid robot of master 'rakugo' storyteller on show

OSAKA, Japan - An android made to look like Katsura Beicho, a legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller, is on display at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014.

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Android of master comic storyteller 'talks' to shoppers

OSAKA, Japan - An android made to look like Katsura Beicho, a legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller, "talks" to customers at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014.

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Scientist explains android of master comic storyteller

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (R), the developer of an android that looks like legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Beicho, speaks about the robot at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014.

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Japanese classic comic storyteller Beicho dies at 89

File photo taken April 2005 shows Japanese classic comic storyteller Katsura Beicho performing in Osaka. Beicho, who died of pneumonia on March 19, 2015, at 89, was honored by the government as a living national treasure in 1996 and in 2009 became the first teller of Japanese classic comic stories, known as "rakugo," to be awarded the Order of Culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese classic comic storyteller Beicho dies at 89

File photo taken January 2013 shows Japanese classic comic storyteller Katsura Beicho performing during a new year show in Osaka. Beicho, who died of pneumonia on March 19, 2015, at 89, was honored by the government as a living national treasure in 1996 and in 2009 became the first teller of Japanese classic comic stories, known as "rakugo," to be awarded the Order of Culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Rakugo' storyteller given award by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ''rakugo'' storyteller Katsura Beicho (in wheelchair) is given the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, by Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, 2009. Looking on in the back was Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Scientist explains android of master comic storyteller

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (R), the developer of an android that looks like legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Beicho, speaks about the robot at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014. (Kyodo)