Movies about the notorious Japanese unit 731 premiered in China

In this week’s news roundup, we covered two very contrasting movies. The uncombined evilalso known as 731, About Japan’s infamous Unit 731 Research Institute, and the latest Demon killer Movie, this is a destructive record in North America. In AI news, a party announced that AI Penguin will be its new leader and “Ai Akimoto” will beat the real Yasushi Akimoto in a songwriting contest. In sports, the World Track and Field Championships began in Tokyo, with boxing superstar Naoya Inoue defeating Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

About the movie released by the Japanese Unit 731 Research Institute on the anniversary of the Mukden incident

On Thursday, the movie The uncombined evil (731), a The story about Japan’s infamous Unit 731 premieres in China. Directed by Zhao Linshan, it focuses on the atrocities suffered by “Maruta” (the name given to the subject of human experiments by the Japanese army), from the perspective of Chinese civilians. The Secret Research Institute was run by the Imperial Army from 1936 to 1945. Historians consider it a deadly human experiment.

The film was released on the 94th anniversary of the Mukden incident, when Japanese troops bombed their own railways and explosives brought the explosives close to train tracks. China was accused of “attack”, which was used as an excuse for Japan to invade Manchuria. The film will be screened in several countries. This does not include the Japanese market. It is scheduled to premiere in the United States and Canada on Friday.

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Demon Killer: Infinity Castle smashes North American anime box office record

Demonic Killer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle After making his debut in North America last Friday, enjoying a record weekend. The popular film is based on the 2016-20 comic series “Infinite Castle” arc, which is estimated to earn $70 million from just over 3,300 theaters. That’s the best anime title ever opened Pokemon: The First Moviewhich earned $31 million in the opening weekend of 1999.

Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, the film follows Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps, who are drawn to Infinity Castle and face to face with the terrifying superior demon. It is built on the final confrontation with Muzan Kibutsuji, the king of demons. The film features a theme song performed by Aimer and Lisa, first released two months ago by Aniplex and Toho to get positive reviews.

Japanese political parties take “Penguin AI” as their leader

On Tuesday, Saisei No Michi (entering the road to rebirth party) announced that its next leader would be AI. Shinji Ishimaru, who was in the party in January, recently resigned after winning a seat in the House of Lords election in July. This is after all 42 candidates for Saisei no Michi lost in Tokyo parliamentary elections in June. It has not been determined when the new party supervisor will take over.

“The leader will be AI Penguin. We will develop AI and make decisions for the party,” explain Koki Okumura, a student at Kyoto University. The 25-year-old, who used AI to conduct research to gain insights from big data related to education, will serve as the party’s name leader. But, he told reporters that his actual role will be the assistant to the new AI leader.

J-Pop’s legendary killer beaten by AI – Now it’s AKB48’s new official song

Yasushi Akimoto appeared on Nippon TV on Monday to learn about the results of songwriting between the famous composer and the AI ​​version. The real Akimoto and “Ai Akimoto” are tasked with writing singles for AKB48, and they celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. For the track, Google’s Gemini software “Omoide Scroll” studies Akimoto’s songwriting style and understands his way of thinking.

The real Akimoto competes with the song “Cécile” with its own version of AI. The two tracks were then put into the public vote. Fans have to decide which one they like before September 7, but don’t tell which one is which one. Finally, “Omoide Scroll” won with 14,225 votes, more than 3,500 ahead of “Cécile”. It became AKB48’s 67th official single, and was subsequently uploaded to various streaming services.

Duplantis star at the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo

The World Track and Field Championships begin in Tokyo on Saturday. The first gold entered Canada’s Evan Dunfee in the men’s 35km walking race, and Japan’s Hayato Katsuki settled in the bronze medal. So far, he is the only medal in the host country. Rachid Muratake was ranked fifth in the men’s 110m obstacles, while Yuki Joseph Nakajima was ranked sixth in the men’s 400m final. Haruka Kitaguchi began defending the women’s javelin championship on Friday.

Armand Duplantis broke the world record for the 14th time in the men’s pole vault. Other outstanding performers in the men’s event include Sevilla of Jamaica in italics in 100 meters and Jimmy Gressier of France in 10,000 meters. In the Women’s Event, American couple Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone starred in the 100m and 400m respectively. Kenyan women ruled long distances, Faith Kipyegon won the gold medal in the 1,500m race, while Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000m race.

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Naoya Inoue defends super lightweight world champion

Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue On Sunday, he successfully defended his undisputed super lightweight world champion, convincingly defeating Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaev. The man known as the Monster extended his perfect record to 31-0. He has dominated from the beginning and has never posed any danger to Akhmadaliev. Inoue is currently ranked third ring Magazine’s weight list. His next battle will be in December against Alan Picasso of Mexico in Saudi Arabia.

In other sports news, Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani homes back-to-back games, boosting his season total to 51. The Japanese rugby team beat Tonga 62-24 in the Pacific National Cup semi-finals. They will play Fiji in the final this weekend. Kaoru Mitoma scored his first goal of the season in Brighton’s 2-1 win over Bournemouth. Takumi Minamino and Daizen Maeda are also on the scoring tables of Monaco and Celtics respectively.

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