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Nintendo, which has been around for 135 years, is opening a museum in Kyoto

Japan's leading video company Nintendo is about to open a museum -- an unusual step for a company that rarely explains itself. The museum opens Wednesday in Kyoto, the company's hometown.

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Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.