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steve2470

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Tue Sep 1, 2020, 09:30 AM Sep 2020

Godzilla is now a Japanese citizen and tourist ambassador to Tokyo







What took them so long ?


eta: Oops, I don't read Japanese, and I read further down the thread





eta2: BBC article from June 2015

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32987622

Godzilla finally gets citizenship in Japan

Godzilla's citizenship certificate
Name: Godzilla

Address: Shinjuku-ku, Kabuki-cho, 1-19-1

Date of birth: April 9, 1954

Reason for special residency: Promoting the entertainment of and watching over the Kabuki-cho neighborhood and drawing visitors from around the globe

Previous visits to Shinjuku Ward: 3 times; Godzilla (1984), Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991), Godzilla 2000 Millennium (1999)


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Godzilla is now a Japanese citizen and tourist ambassador to Tokyo (Original Post) steve2470 Sep 2020 OP
Those men are GIGANTIC! n/t targetpractice Sep 2020 #1
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