George Takei hopes his manga on internment reaches U.S. youths
Having experienced WW II internment camps as a child, George Takei hopes that his graphic memoir will resonate with and inspire younger generations to oppose the discrimination facing immigrants today.
Martin Scorsese says he wanted to 'enrich' past Robert De Niro work with 'The Irishman'
Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro in "The Irishman," a 3½-hour-long mob drama the acclaimed director said he chose to do with his frequent collaborator to build on their past work together rather than replicate it. Set over several decades, "The Irishman" looks at ...
Masahisa Fukase's "Family," reissued with essays by Fukase himself and Tomo Kosuga, turns the idea of the family portrait on its head, simultaneously reinvigorating and ridiculing it.
Hirokazu Kore-eda talks politics as Japan flexes its movie muscle in Busan
Japan once again shows a strong presence at the Busan International Film Festival, with director Hirokazu Kore-eda taking the award for Asian filmmaker of the year
Quality high at Short Shorts autumn screening event
'The Truth': Kore-eda effortlessly crosses borders
'Her Blue Sky': Testing the limits of a successful formula
Film director Hirokazu Kore-eda steps out of his comfort zone
Tokyo International Film Festival to celebrate homegrown talent
'Minori, on the Brink': An unusual take on confrontation
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra pulls out all the stops for 30th anniversary
After three decades in the business, Japan's best known ska band is in the midst of a full year of celebrations, including nationwide tours, gigs overseas and an upcoming album
Hothouse Flowers: Enjoying the freedom that comes after the fame
Hiromi Uehara drops the band and steps out alone
Hot Chip's 'A Bath Full of Ecstasy' presents a 'purer version' of its electro-pop style
Carl Stone: Plugging into the sounds of the changing city
Indie rockers Feeder bring 'Tallulah' to Japan
'Reading Images': Take the time to read into photography
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum exhibition "The Time of Photography" starts with kitsch late 19th-century Yokohama shashin — hand-colored photos of Japanese scenes for sale to foreigners — and ends with the evanescence of Rinko Kawauchi's photography of everyday life made poetic through the ...
Shaun Tan's glimmers of hope in somber times
Art at a science museum: When worlds collide
East German housing blocks get an artistic makeover
An enlightening buildup to Viennese modernism
Fashion is a game with a dress code to crack
Julian Opie: A fascinating view of the mundane
Canadian rakugo storyteller keeps dream alive in New York City
Toronto native Katsura Sunshine has experienced setbacks as a rakugo storyteller, the 400-year-old Japanese comedic art form, but he has not given up on a long-held dream to build a rakugo theater in the Big Apple. Sunshine, who studied the traditional and unique form of ...
'Q: A Night At The Kabuki': Giving a classic love story the Queen treatment
Theater for all as Tokyo festivals cast a wide net
Kyoto Experiment marks the end of an era
Learning to say 'yes, and...' both on and off the stage
Taking classic musical 'West Side Story' to new heights
Rihanna blasts Trump as 'most mentally ill human being in America' in new Vogue interview
Rihanna speared President Donald Trump as perhaps "the most mentally ill human being in America" over his position on gun rights in a candid Vogue interview published Wednesday that also touched on immigration and racism. Asked about the back-to-back shootings earlier this year in the ...
George Clooney calls Trump's quip on Kurds not helping U.S. on D-Day 'pretty shocking'
Oprah Winfrey to give $13 million more for aid at black Atlanta college
Film great Cate Blanchett decries 'heartbreaking' plight of stateless
'Politics, Porn and Protest': The beguiling world of experimental Japanese film
Isolde Standish's "Politics, Porn and Protest" takes readers on a tour of landmark Japanese avant-garde films, including those by legendary directors Nagisa Oshima and Shohei Imamura.
'Noon: An Anthology of Short Poems': Wit and wisdom in 14 lines or fewer
'The Democracy of Suffering': Wit, erudition and philosophical change
'The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks': A compendium of Japan's alcohol traditions
'Japanese Ghost Stories': The ghostly ascent of Lafcadio Hearn's tales of the supernatural
'Before the Coffee Gets Cold': As an agent of time travel, this coffee has limitations
'A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide': Picture the capital in a whole new way
'Terrace House" served up two shockers this week: the sudden disappearance of Shohei and an unexpected crash course in the mantra of immature idiots, "Bros before hoes." After last week's date with Emika, a lunch where she declared she said she was only interested in ...
How 'Heidi' sparked an anime revolution in Japan
Ep. 17 'This is Not a Place to Slack'
Let's talk about the best dates on 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' so far
Escape the usual TV snoozefest with season three of 'The Bachelor Japan'
Ep. 16 'Orange Flavor First Kiss'
Ep. 15 'A Man's Worth is Determined by His Job'
