News Headlines - 21 July 2018
▽London museums are looking to acquire the Trump Baby Blimp | London Evening Standard
The British Museum and the Museum of London have both reportedly expressed an interest in obtaining the massive inflatable likeness of the US President, for use either as part of specific exhibitions or within its permanent collection.
Kevin Smith, one of the project’s “Baby Sitters”, told the Standard that they were in discussion with the British Museum about linking the blimp to an exhibition about political satire curated by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop.
▽Keita Asari, founder of Shiki Theater, dies in Tokyo at age 85：The Asahi Shimbun
Keita Asari, founder of the famed Shiki Theater that features adaptations of long-running Broadway and West End musicals, has died at age 85, his company announced... Shiki Theater has enjoyed huge success since the 1970s with “Cats,” “The Lion King,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and other extravagant productions.
▽Hong Kong tribunal gives Haruki Murakami's latest novel an 'indecent' rating | The Japan Times
The latest work by novelist Haruki Murakami was banned from Hong Kong’s annual book fair after it was deemed “indecent” by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, local media reported Friday.
“Killing Commendatore,” a multivolume work that went on sale last year, has been temporarily classified as “Class II — indecent materials,” along with a pornographic magazine, according to a notice issued by the tribunal last week.
The classification means the book can now only be sold in bookstores after being wrapped with a warning sticker attached.
▽Neon Genesis Evangelion: 4.0 trailer appears with release date window - Polygon
The Neon Genesis Evangelion reboot’s fourth and final film will come to theaters in 2020, according to a teaser that debuted in Japan on Friday. That means Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 will premiere just five years later than planned.
Studio Khara, which is producing the movie, has yet to release an official version of the teaser, but Japanese fans made sure to record their own off-screen footage, although Studio Khara is quickly pulling those uploads offline. (Check out the embed below while you can.) The short clip is attached to the theatrical release of another big film, Mirai of the Future from director Mamoru Hosoda. Mirai opened on July 20
As the two-year mark approaches for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan is being scorched by an intense heatwave that has prompted fears of similar extreme weather when the sporting showpiece takes place in the country.
More than a dozen people have died as temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time since 2013, and the thermometer hit 43 Celsius during an Olympic Stadium media tour on Wednesday... Earlier this year, experts warned of the risks of heatstroke at the Games, which runs until Aug. 9, with conditions reaching levels at which sporting activities would normally be halted.
