Studio Ghibli has announced the replace of the president (in Japanese): http://www.ghibli.jp/10info/004531.html The name of the new president is HOSHINO Ko^ji. He was born in Sapporo , Japan in 1956, and successively held the president (2000 - 2007) and the chairperson (2007 - 2008) of The Walt Disney Company Japan. SUZUKI