Red Hot Chili Peppers turn up the heat as Summer Sonic pulls out all the stops ahead of 2020 hiatus
It has always been a mystery why Summer Sonic is not held in the relative cool of June or July, but at the very height of summer, when the August sun beats down upon the festival's outdoor stages or typhoons power through the country, ...
'Dance With Me': Short on laughs, but big on energy
The Japanese film industry has made many musical films, but almost no Hollywood-style musicals. One reason why is Eizo Sugawa's "You Can Succeed, Too" (1964), a singing, dancing salaryman musical inspired by the Broadway hit "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Billed ...
'It Feels So Good': An explicit escapade, artfully told
The average bride-to-be spends the final days before her wedding fretting about seating plans and whether she'll be able to squeeze into her dress, but Naoko (Kumi Takiuchi) decides it's a good time to hook up with an old flame instead. In the years since ...
As a reviewer, reporter and programmer, I go to six or seven film festivals a year. This is nothing compared to some colleagues, who trudge the festival circuit in a never-ending loop, but it's enough to give me a heap of festival badges. My trip ...
'Aesop's Game': Ueda follow-up is neither tortoise nor hare
'Cherry Blossoms and Demons': Swan song remains an ugly duckling
Marking 30 years since Takeshi Kitano's debut feature, 'Violent Cop'
Shoji Kawamori: 40 years spent designing an anime future
'Paradise Next': When the music is better than the story
'Into the Spider-Verse' director Peter Ramsey extols the virtues of a good bit of animation
The spirit of Satchmo survives in Tokyo
Yoshio Toyama and his wife, Keiko, have spent most of their lives as unofficial musical ambassadors between Japan and the American city of New Orleans. In New Orleans, Toyama, a trumpeter and singer, is known as the "Satchmo of Japan" for his skillful ability to ...
Woodstock fans flock to 1969 concert site to celebrate its 50th anniversary
Choose your acts wisely at this year's Summer Sonic
Foals: Summer Sonic's storm before the calm
Trade spat sees K-pop caught in the middle
Chanmina's 'Never Grow Up' delivers pop hooks and hip-hop heartache
Virtual influencer Liam Nikuro brings Japanese pop culture to the fore
Minimalism: Not as straightforward as it seems
It's 100 years since the Bauhaus art and design school first opened in Weimar, Germany, and the new Muji flagship store in Ginza is as good a venue as any to hold an anniversary exhibition celebrating the values of simple, affordable modernist design.
Bontaro Dokuyama: The art of expression
Genta Ishizuka: Beneath and on the surface
Reborn-Art Festival: A Tohoku community gets a new lease on life
'What Do You See When You Look at Pictures?': Reading between the brushstrokes
Spectral sightings at Zenshoan Temple
Joan Miro and his 'assassination' of painting
The Theatre Olympics goes back to its roots for ninth iteration
Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama Prefecture to attend Tadashi Suzuki's renowned acting classes or to see the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) and other invited artists perform at the ...
Diving into the world of political performance at Aichi Triennale
Capturing Haruki Murakami's 'eccentric atmosphere'
What's in a name? Ask Ichikawa Ebizo, a kabuki scion
Mastering the art of multilingual performance
The next James Bond film starring Daniel Craig as 007 will be called "No Time To Die" and released in April 2020, the storied franchise announced on Tuesday. Filming of the 25th cinematic installment of the British spy saga is already underway, but has been ...
LA Opera names lawyer to lead Placido Domingo sex abuse probe
'Easy Rider' star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79
European opera houses await LA sexual abuse probe into famed tenor Placido Domingo
Opera legend Placido Domingo defends himself against sexual harassment claims
Understanding the challenging world of the literary translator
English translations of Japanese books have found an enthusiastic audience around the world, and while the author is undoubtedly the star of the show, the translator's role should not be underestimated.
The lifelong rebellion of children's author Eiko Kadono
'The Memory Police': An island where a good memory won't do you any favors
'The Bells of Old Tokyo': Present-day Tokyo explored through its historical soundscape
How Japan's modern literature came under Nietzsche's spell
'Mishima: A Vision of the Void': Remembering a literary giant as he would have wanted
'Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan': A nuanced take on the status of women in Japan
For this week's episode of "Terrace House," we are back to familiar territory. No more explosive fights and unexpected nude scenes. Instead, we have what the die-hard fans expect: slow-burning love and close ups of tasty food. Kenny and Risako like each other and Risako ...
Ep. 11 'Broccoli Pasta, Carbonara Style'
'The Naked Director': A story of naked ambition and dubious morals
Ep. 10 'The Boy That Gets Treated'
Eating king Kobayashi bites back in new documentary
