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'The Power of the Dog,' 'Dune' and 'Drive My Car' triumph at BAFTA awards

Film

'The Power of the Dog,' 'Dune' and 'Drive My Car' triumph at BAFTA awards

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's drama wins the award for best film not in the English language at the London event, raising hopes of taking home a prestigious Oscars' gong on March 28.

Isabella Bird: Revisiting her intrepid journeys trekking the wilds of Japan

Books

Isabella Bird: Revisiting her intrepid journeys trekking the wilds of Japan

by Stephen Mansfield

Geographer Kiyonori Kanasaka's extensive knowledge and commentary enrich the works of the 19th-century explorer.

Glimpses of postwar Hayama through a father's eyes

Books

Glimpses of postwar Hayama through a father's eyes

by Mark Schilling

"Hayama 1952-1953 Charles Junkerman,” a book of rare photographs, preserves the everyday lives of the seaside town's citizens in vivid color.

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    The yen usually benefits during times of risk aversion but this time round the dynamics are playing out differently.
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    In 2021, Japan was among the top countries in the world for PET bottle collection, at 93%, and recycling, at 89%, according to the Council for PET Bottle Recycling.
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    Sanctions and sanctuary: Japan responds to Russia's war in Ukraine

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The Eurobeat boom, boom, boom, boom means the '90s are back

Music

The Eurobeat boom, boom, boom, boom means the '90s are back

by Patrick St. Michel

Dust off your best para para dance moves, the sound of hi-NRG Heisei has returned.

  • Music

    City pop: The soundtrack to Japan's boom years goes viral

    by Katie Forster
  • Music

    Teruhiko Saigo, one of Showa Era's most popular singers, dies at 75

  • Music

    Sky-Hi: Taking up the fight for artistic freedom

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • Music

    Rap takes over Super Bowl halftime, balancing celebration and protest

    by Jon Caramanica
  • Music

    Ado brings a flair for the dramatic to ‘Kyogen’

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • Music

    The Tokyo club scene's 'temple' may be gone, but the faith remains

    by Patrick St. Michel

FILM

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‘Intimate Stranger’ is a psychological thriller for the pandemic age

Film

‘Intimate Stranger’ is a psychological thriller for the pandemic age

by Mark Schilling

Director Mayu Nakamura's background in documentary filmmaking played a part in making the feature, which explores the depths of desperation.

  • Film / Reviews

    ‘Tamaran Hill’: A playful literary journey to get lost in

    by James Hadfield
  • Film / Reviews

    'Wedding High’: Nuptial chaos delivers big laughs

    by Mark Schilling
  • Film

    With ‘Turning Red,’ a big red panda helps break a glass ceiling

    by Brooks Barnes
  • Film / Reviews

    ‘The Last 10 Years’: Keep a hanky handy for this weepy romance

    by James Hadfield
  • Film / Reviews

    ‘Intimate Stranger’: Asuka Kurosawa makes a triumphant return

    by Mark Schilling
  • Film / Reviews

    ‘Chronicle in the Ruins’: An intimate look at a family’s rise from the ashes

    by James Hadfield

BOOKS

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‘Eleven Winters of Discontent’: The nightmare that began after World War II

Books / Reviews

‘Eleven Winters of Discontent’: The nightmare that began after World War II

by Martin Laflamme

Sherzod Muminov's well-researched academic study identifies explanations for Joseph Stalin’s decision to intern half a million Japanese prisoners of war in Soviet work camps.

  • Books

    'Scattered All Over the Earth': Yoko Tawada's utopia rejects present-day conventions

    by Iain Maloney
  • Books

    'Vou: Visual Poetry Tokio 1958-1978' is a work of art, 20 years in the making

    by Iain Maloney
  • Books

    ‘Woman Running in the Mountains’ carries on the literary legacy of Yuko Tsushima

    by Kris Kosaka
  • Books / Reviews

    ‘Of Arcs and Circles’: Step into the fertile imagination of a garden expert

    by Kris Kosaka
  • Books / Reviews

    The dystopian society of ‘Monkey Man’ delivers a surreal sci-fi parable

    by Kris Kosaka
  • Books

    'The Battle of Sekigahara' retraces Japan's historic samurai conflict

    by Iain Maloney

ART

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Evolving Japanese crafts find a home in the U.K.

Art

Evolving Japanese crafts find a home in the U.K.

by Mio Yamada

Artisans are pushing boundaries in the U.K., where a growing popularity of Japanese designs and concepts is being driven in part by increased concerns over sustainability.

  • Art

    Teshikaga Extreme Cold Art Festival: ‘A place created by gods and artists’

    by Kimberly Hughes
  • Art

    Tsukioka Kogyo: The man who dedicated his art to saving noh

    by Martin Laflamme
  • Art

    Japanese artistry brings Napoleon's legacy to life

    by Jae Lee
  • Art

    Powerful auction veterans aim new company at Asian market

    by Robin Pogrebin
  • Art

    Kyotographie taps into the echoes of hardship

    by John L. Tran
  • Art

    Hokusai exhibit featuring publicly unseen sketches to open in London

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Ghibli's Suzuki honored for work in animation at Annie Awards

Entertainment News

Ghibli's Suzuki honored for work in animation at Annie Awards

The international animated film society ASIFA-Hollywood presented Toshio Suzuki with this year's Winsor McCay Award.

  • Entertainment News

    Yusaku Maezawa to sell Basquiat work for estimated $70 million

  • Entertainment News

    Louis Armstrong museum to send letter thanking Japanese drama series

  • Entertainment News

    Ivan Reitman, director of ‘Ghostbusters,’ is dead at 75

    by Christine Chung
  • Entertainment News

    Original 'Fight Club' ending restored in China after online backlash

  • Entertainment News

    Japan's Tsukino Tanaka wins second prize at Lausanne ballet competition

  • Entertainment News

    Bob Dylan sells entire recording catalog to Sony

TV

Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas

TV

Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas

by Donican Lam

Thai tourism officials hope the current popularity of the country's "boys' love" genre of TV shows will spur eventual tours to Thailand by fans.

  • TV

    ‘The Mating Game’: NHK's 8K nature series reveals all

    by Oscar Boyd
  • TV

    Bob Saget, comic who portrayed Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ dies at 65

    by Jesus Jimenez and Alan Yuhas
  • TV

    ‘Aggretsuko’ digs into toxic work culture and self-worth

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • TV

    New Year's TV sees us spoiled for choice

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • TV

    Fairy tale fantasies meet reality on ‘The Future Diary’ and ‘The Bachelor Japan’

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • TV

    Johnny's pop stars get pumped for 'Sasuke'

    by Patrick St. Michel

STAGE

Theater Commons Tokyo rethinks the 'voices' of performing arts in the COVID era

Stage

Theater Commons Tokyo rethinks the 'voices' of performing arts in the COVID era

by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton

The festival examines radically different ways of creating and experiencing theater in the context of the pandemic, while also challenging the very idea of what theater can be.

  • Stage

    Saitama Gold Theater players take their final bow after 15 years

    by Nobuko Tanaka
  • Stage

    Kabuki actor and national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon dies at 77

  • Stage

    Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, whose work transformed musical theater, dead at 91

  • Stage

    ‘The Doctor’ diagnoses society’s afflictions

    by Nobuko Tanaka
  • Stage

    New opera ‘Yuzuru’ cautions against the dangers of capitalism

    by Nobuko Tanaka
  • Stage

    Rena Matsui tackles Shakespeare in an all-female 'Julius Caesar'

    by Nobuko Tanaka
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