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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano poses after winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Studio Ghibli Story Premiere in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 24, 2024 - World Premiere of "Studio Ghibli Story" art exhibition, Director Takahata Isao's Animation Gallery, April 24, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-WUHAN THREE TOWNS FC VS HANOI FC (CN)

(231024) -- WUHAN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takahata Tsutomu, head coach of Wuhan Three Towns FC, watches the group stage match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Hanoi FC of Vietnam at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-GROUP J-WUHAN THREE TOWNS VS URAWA RED DIAMONDS

(230920) -- WUHAN, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wuhan Three Towns' head coach Takahata Tsutomu is seen before the AFC champions league group J match between China's Wuhan Three Towns and Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds at the 2023 AFC Champions League in Wuhan, Hubei, Sept. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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Actress Anne hugs costar in TV drama after end of shooting

OSAKA, Japan - Anne Watanabe (L), the leading actress in Japanese public broadcaster NHK's serial morning TV drama "Gochisousan" (Thanks for the good meal!), hugs costar Mitsuki Takahata after the shooting of the drama ended in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014. The daughter of actor Ken Watanabe played the role of a gluttonous girl who lived through the turbulent eras of Taisho and Showa (1912-1989).

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya). (Kyodo)

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata (5th from L), voice actors and other people involved are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya).

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Inamoto reckons Kawasaki switch key to World Cup chances

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Junichi Inamoto (R) speaks during a press conference beside the club's manager Tsutomu Takahata at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on Jan. 15, 2010. Inamoto said his move back to the J-League from French club Rennes will be crucial to his chances of playing in a third consecutive World Cup finals.

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Crown prince, princess watch puppet play

TAKAHATA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Princess Masako talk to children on Oct. 5 after watching their puppet play performed during the opening of a national culture festival in Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture.

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Toshio & Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko & Taeko Poster Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1990) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko & Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1992) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Japanese animator Takahata wins Winsor McCay Award

Undated photo shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, known for his 2013 film "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya." The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for its 43rd annual Annie Awards on Dec. 1, 2015, naming Takahata among three recipients of the Winsor McCay Award, one of the juried awards in recognition of career contributions to the art of animation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation director Takahata speaks on Japanese painting, anime

Isao Takahata, an animated film director and co-founder of the famed animation studio Studio Ghibli, speaks in Nagano Prefecture's Obuse Town, where legendary "ukiyoe" artist Katsushika Hokusai spent his later years, on May 10, 2015. He said Japanese-style painting and animated movies have something in common. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animated film director Takahata honored with French Order

Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata makes a speech in Tokyo on April 7, 2015, after being honored with the Officier of the French Order of Arts and Letters for his filmmaking as well as translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animated film director Takahata honored with French Order

Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata receives the Officier of the French Order of Arts and Letters from French Ambassador to Japan Thierry Dana in Tokyo on April 7, 2015, for his filmmaking as well as translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Tale of Princess Kaguya" fails to win Oscar

Japanese film director Isao Takahata (L) and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura attend the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California on Feb. 19, 2015. "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," a 2013 fantasy animation film produce by the duo, failed to win an Oscar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Weaving

Artistic handwork is one of Japan's driving forces. A jibata handloom from the Edo Period and takahata weaving apparatus from the Meiji Period are shown on the right and left. The venue for weaving was shifting from homes to factories around this time.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐48‐0]

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Inamoto reckons Kawasaki switch key to World Cup chances

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Junichi Inamoto (R) speaks during a press conference beside the club's manager Tsutomu Takahata at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on Jan. 15, 2010. Inamoto said his move back to the J-League from French club Rennes will be crucial to his chances of playing in a third consecutive World Cup finals. (Kyodo)

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Farewell event for Ghibli artist Takahata

Photo shows a signboard for a farewell event for the deceased animation film director Isao Takahata at Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, on May 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan animation great Takahata dies

Photo shows legendary Japanese animator Isao Takahata delivering a speech in Tokyo in April 2015 after receiving the Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters cultural award from the French government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan animation great Takahata dies

Photo shows legendary Japanese animator Isao Takahata delivering a speech in Obuse, central Japan, in May 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation giant Takahata dies

Photo taken in November 1990 shows Japanese animation film directors Isao Takahata (R) and Hayao Miyazaki talking about the movie "Only Yesterday." Takahata died April 5, 2018 at age 82 at a Tokyo hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in November 2013 shows Japanese animated film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (C) at a press conference in Tokyo to announce the completion of his film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya). He died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Miyazaki

Undated file photo shows Japanese animated film director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-founded Studio Ghibli. Co-founder Isao Takahata died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Japanese animated film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (L), seen in this file photo taken in March 2014 at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival, died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in April 2015 shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata (L) and former French Ambassador to Japan Thierry Dana in Tokyo. Takahata was made an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters for his filmmaking and translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in September 2016 shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, who died at age 82 on April 5, 2018, at a Tokyo hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecutors drop rape charges against actor Takahata

Actor Yuta Takahata, 22, bows to apologize to the public after being released from detention at the Maebashi Police Station in Gunma Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2016, as prosecutors dropped a rape charge against him the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecutors drop rape charges against actor Takahata

Actor Yuta Takahata, 22, is seen after being released from detention at the Maebashi Police Station in Gunma Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2016. Prosecutors dropped a rape charge against him the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecutors drop rape charges against actor Takahata

Actor Yuta Takahata, 22, apologizes to the public after being released from detention at the Maebashi Police Station in Gunma Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2016, as prosecutors dropped a rape charge against him the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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