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A few hundred metres from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK’s giant Research & Development facility is Ultraman park, and an impressive statue to Ultraman, a 1960s TV futuristic superhero series that’s remembered fondly by Japanese adults of a certain age. Indeed, the show was produced in a local studio and the district became known as UltraTown by residents, such was the fame of the show. NHK’s nearby laboratory is nothing if not futuristic, with its 240 highly qualified researchers, of which 78 hold doctorates, and all focussed on tomorrow’s TV.
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Forrester, C. (2011). 16 How on Earth?. In: Forrester, C. (eds) High Above. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12009-1_16
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