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the swedish academy say their archives show store stockholm university nominated him in 1961. the academy says its members felt he had a psychological narrative. they cit his "thousand cranes" as an example. h some has been translated to english and other languages by the 1950s. but he did not make the short list for the nobel. >> translator: it is a surprise to know that some people appreciated his work greatly at a time when japanese literature wasn't too popular. the report shows how the world got know his work. >> the swedish category shows nhk's request. >>> fads in japan and hong kong are celebrating the birthday of the stubby robot cat sent from the future. 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 birthda