I’ve had to do some odd things in my professional career — organize a community-driven bikini pageant, help Harvey Birdman into his costume, bring Snoop Dogg and Biz Markie bags full of video games at a John Singleton party in Miami — but I have never had to officiate over a ceremony where a cartoon character was named to an ambassadorial position. Yet.

I love Japan and all things uniquely Japanese: seeing a photo of the Foreign Minister of the country telling a giant time-traveling robot cat “Doraemon, 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,” only makes me love the country and its people more.

Dear Japan, I want to be your friend. Will you be mine?

Signed,

Kramer

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