Godzilla redux: same, same but different

At 70, Japan's most popular monster gets a WWII backstory

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"Godzilla Minus One" had an explosive opening week in Japan, drawing more than 1 million people to cinemas and racking up revenue of 1.6 billion yen ($11.1 million) at the box office. (©2023 Toho Co.)

KAORI SHOJI, Contributing writer

TOKYO -- Godzilla, Japan's iconic super monster, turned 70 years old this fall, commemorated not by celebrations and fanfare but by a retro Godzilla movie that takes us back to 1945.

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