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Published 10 May, 2020 06:30pm

In Japan, world's longest-running cartoon switches to re-runs as virus halts production

Millions of Japanese viewers of the world’s longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Reuters reports.

Aired every Sunday since 1969, the Sazae-san show features the everyday ups and downs of suburban Japanese housewife Sazae and her extended family, is a household name for many generations.

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