thousands of fans of doraemon lined up in a museum south of tokyo. they waited to take a picture with a statue of character. in the series, doraemon is born on september 3, 2112. >> i took a day off from work, but i wish i could also be here 100 years from now. >> the mayor of kawasaki issued a special residents card bearing the name of doraemon. local fans and tourists from mainland china also celebrated the birthday in hong kong, a giant cake was made for the occasion using one of doraemon's favorite dishes, bean pan aches. this one is set with diamonds worth about $100 million. >> translator: this erent has nothing do with diplomatic tension of between japan and china. we should treat them separately. >> popular with asia and south florida. they got their first look at the tv version 30 years ago. >>> people in the korean peninsula dealt with heavy rain recently and it looks like there is more on the way. rachel frg furgason joins us with the latest in her worldwide forecast. >> yes, that's it. we have more heavy rain he head together korean penin

. >>> doraemon, one of the most wildly recognized character in chinese culture. the stubby robot cat sent from the future is celebrating a birthday. thousands of fans lined up in kawasaki south of tokyo, waited to take a picture of the statue of the character. >> translator: a took a day off from work. but i wish i could also be here 100 years from now. >> reporter: the mayor of kawasaki issue issued a special residency card. >> local residents celebrated the birthday in hong kong. a giant cake made for the occasion, used bean jam pancakes called doraiaki. this replica set with diamonds, worth about $1 million. >> translator: this event has nothing to do with diplomatic tensions between japan and china. we should treat them separately. >> viewers in hong kong got their first look at the tv version 30 years ago. we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thank you for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com