Japan has created a bizarre

Japan has created a bizarre new government post to promote animation. Yesterday, the country named Doraemon, a popular cartoon, the official ambassador of anime. At the celebratory ceremony a life-size Doraemon doll was on hand, as were his favorite dessert: "dorayaki" red bean pancakes. There, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told the mascot, "I hope you will travel around the world as an anime ambassador to deepen people's understanding of Japan so they will become friends with Japan." [MSNBC]