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The text stories are already available on a dedicated landing page.","whyItMatters":"The project moves a text-only marriage-company promotion into voice, using two recognizable anime actors to carry stories that were tied to physical station locations and can now be heard anywhere.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe 16 stations span Tokyo\u0026#39;s Koigakubo Station, Kanagawa\u0026#39;s Aiko-Ishida Station, Chiba\u0026#39;s Atago Station, Ibaraki\u0026#39;s Yuki Station, and Miyagi\u0026#39;s Aiko Station and Atagobashi Station, plus locations in Fukushima, Shizuoka, Aichi, Osaka, Nara, Shiga, Ehime, and Nagasaki. 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The text versions already sit there; the audio is the part that has to live where the audience scrolls.","twitterPost":"IBJ is routing the audio run through its own X account, so the landing page already holds the text. Kaito Ishikawa and Rie Murakawa carry the 16 stations.","threadsPost":"IBJ's audio release runs mainly through its official X account, while the text versions already sit on the project landing page. Kaito Ishikawa and Rie Murakawa are the readers for 16 station stories, so the distribution choice puts the new audio where the existing audience already scrolls.","newsletterBlurb":"IBJ Corporation is turning its \"#YourCity'sLoveSeries\" text stories into audio, released sequentially from October 8, 2026, mainly on its official X account. Kaito Ishikawa and Rie Murakawa read the 16 stories, each set at a station tied to love or encounters. 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