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Rina Sawayama has permanent residency rights in the U.K., but has not taken British citizenship, which has left her ineligible for certain music awards.

Pop singer Rina Sawayama ‘not British enough’ for U.K. music awards

Pop singer Rina Sawayama, whose debut album has been praised by Elton John, has criticized two prestigious British music awards for barring her from eligibility due to British nationality requirements. The 29-year-old, who was born in Japan but considers herself British, has permanent residenc...

Naked ambition: The first upload for John Daub’s newly launched Only in Japan channel saw him take part in Hokkaido’s Noboribetsu Hot Spring Festival.

YouTube traveler John Daub faces a new online landscape

by Patrick St. Michel

John Daub thinks Japan’s position in 2020 resembles where the country was following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. “It was the same situation after March 11, with no tourism and a lot of uncertainty,” he tells The Japan Times, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the nation...

Living the dream: Anime News Network reporter Kim Morrissey says the popularity of the "isekai" manga subgenre stems from how familiar it is to a generation raised on video games and anime.

Step into another world with isekai, the fantasy subgenre ruling the manga market

by Eric Margolis

Any devoted manga or light novel fan knows the story like the back of their hand: An average high school or college kid, usually a self-proclaimed otaku (nerd) obsessed with manga or video games, dies in a sudden accident. When they wake up, they discover they have been transported to a fantasy w...