Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia delivers more than A-list talent
Since its start in 1999, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & Asia) has become the largest festival of its kind in Asia. This year, it is presenting a hybrid edition, with online venues showing films beginning on April 27 and the festival ...
‘The Party and the People’ shows Chinese leadership as responsive but unaccountable to the public
In his new book, Bruce J. Dickson refers to contemporary Chinese politics as a study in nuanced contrasts: authoritarian yet cooperative; repressive yet responsive to public opinion.
Detained but not silent: Stories from inside Japan’s immigration centers
Thomas Ash’s documentary “Ushiku” brings to the light the experiences of detainees at Japan’s immigration facilities and the harsh conditions they face.
‘Colorless’: A layered love affair with an enigmatic woman
Despite its theme of duplicity in love, the film is not an exercise in black-comic cynicism.
‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’: What it lacks in conflict, it makes up for with heart
‘Hokusai’: A force of nature brought to life
‘Brothers in Brothel’: Come for the sex, stay for the family drama
'Tomorrow's Dinner Table': Three women are served an overwhelming helping of struggle
‘The Women’: A harrowing journey with a tidy end
‘Minari’ haunted me by what it left out
A decade in the game, LiSA continues to slay
The singer-songwriter, who has written opening tracks for the “Demon Slayer” franchise, marks 10 years in the music industry as a solo artist with a mini-album titled “Ladybug.”
Japanese pianists win third and fourth place at Queen Elisabeth Competition
Ado's defiant hit is a coming-of-age moment for Japan's Vocaloid culture
Pioneering composer Terry Riley finds himself comfortably marooned in Japan
Inside the cut-throat battle to build K-pop's next superstars
Late designer Kenzo's art collection brings 2.5 million euros at auction
A private collection of some 400 artworks owned by the late designer Kenzo Takada went on auction in Paris on May 11.
Photographer Takeshi Yamagishi chronicles Tokyo amid the pandemic and post-disaster Tohoku
Japan's premier art collective teamLab celebrates 20 years with a spot of tea and a Miami bash
Yayoi Kusama's dots and flowers breathe life into pandemic-hit New York
Japanese gallery to restore famous A-bomb paintings for first time
Becoming Isamu Noguchi: The making of a sculptor
‘Culture Gate’ brings top-flight artworks to Japan’s airports
A take on ‘The Tempest’ that aims to broaden your horizons
“The Tempest: Swimming for Beginners” incorporates the real-life experiences of its cast members with disabilities, as well as the challenges of living through a pandemic.
Rakugo community looks to crowdfunding for survival of theaters
'Yabuhara Kengyo' shows audiences that justice isn't always blind
Secrets of the Oslo Accords come to light on stage
Kyoto Experiment marks a new era
Expect revivals and VR from the stage as theater continues to deal with the coronavirus
Composer Dai Fujikura's new opera tackles fear and uncertainty
Actor Masakazu Tamura, star on TV and in film over 60-year career, dies at 77
Tamura's relatives held a funeral for the actor, a Kyoto native born into a showbusiness family, following his death on April 3, they said.
Kabuki actor Kataoka Hidetaro, living national treasure, dies at 79
Actress Kyoko Fukada takes break from acting after adjustment disorder diagnosis
'Demon Slayer' first film in Japan to top ¥40 billion at box office
Fans grieve after Japanese author of famed 'Berserk' manga dies
Royal Ballet promotion to principal 'like a dream' says Japan's Fumi Kaneko
Actress Yui Aragaki and singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino to marry
'Prelude to Pearl Harbor': With diplomatic lines drawn and soft power spent, a standoff emerges
Author John Gripentrog looks at the events and attitudes that paved the way to the Second World War in “Prelude to Pearl Harbor: Ideology and Culture in US-Japan Relations 1914-1941.”
A Chinese American gunslinger challenges the whiteness of Westerns
'Japanese Prints and the World of Go': Exploring the pop-cultural psyche of the Edo Period
Five nonfiction books about Japanese food to devour from cover to cover
Mieko Kawakami's 'Heaven': The world as seen through the eyes of bullied children
Eric Carle, author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ dies at 91
‘Things Remembered and Things Forgotten’: History, memory and cultural identity
African samurai earns hero status in new anime ‘Yasuke’
Director LeSean Thomas brings the story of Yasuke, a real-life black samurai, to Netflix as "a new kind of anime action hero.”
Rihito Itagaki brings a splash of color to Japanese television
Sugako Hashida, writer of acclaimed Japanese TV drama 'Oshin,' dies at 95
Miniseries 'HodoBuzz' delves into the dark side of Japan's media industry
Disney+ passes 73 million subscribers as streaming takes center stage
‘24 Japan’ turns back the clock with remake of U.S. series
Actress Son Ye-jin is overwhelmed by Japanese interest in 'Crash Landing on You'
