Back to 'The Factory' in a new era of meaningless work
Hiroko Oyamada's award-winning debut novel, "The Factory," measures out in terse detail an indictment of contemporary work culture. Set in modern Japan where the norms of underpay and overwork are well-known, the novella evokes the worst of the Silicon Valley-type tech campuses and asks ...
More than two decades into his career as a commentator at Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano reached a milestone of sorts when he was called a "fool" on his own network. Not to his face, of course. But Tucker Carlson guest Joseph diGenova's dismissal of ...
War epic 'Midway' bests 'Doctor Sleep' amid 27% North America box office slump
Despite a fresh injection of four big movies into the marketplace, including a Stephen King adaptation, a World War II epic, a glossy, holiday-themed romantic comedy and a family friendly comedy, audiences largely stayed away from theaters this weekend and the North American box ...
In today's world of visual entertainment, it's hard to argue that Japan has any stronger export than animation. The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which this year ran from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5, seems to be waking up to that fact. From 2014 to ...
'Little Miss Period': That time of the month, brought to life
Yayoi Kusama: The underdog story of a Japanese art maverick
'One Night': A family drama both deep and dark
'Produce 101 Japan' marks the spread of K-pop diplomacy and offers a journey for J-pop
Nobuhiko Obayashi: A life spent working among Japan's movie greats
Shin Adachi's mission to bust the myth of marital bliss in 'A Beloved Wife'
Industrial JP: Bringing Japan's factories to the dancefloor
Industrial JP has embarked on a project to document the sounds of Japanese factories and turn them into music fit for the dancefloor
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii sets the bar high with new concert series
Singer Misia explores the language of music
A boy no longer, 'Kid' Reid has come of age
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra pulls out all the stops for 30th anniversary
Hothouse Flowers: Enjoying the freedom that comes after the fame
Hiromi Uehara drops the band and steps out alone
The power of cultural and economic capital
Compared to exhibitions in which art objects are meant to seduce us into epiphanic transcendence, the works in "Surface and Custom," a group show at Shiseido Gallery organized by Berlin-based artists Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, are more akin to frank expositions about ...
'Man, God & Nature in the Ancient World: Masterpieces from The Al Thani Collection'
'Umeda Tetsuya: On the Origin of Voices'
The scrolls that keep immortal poets truly alive
The glitz and glamour of the Liechtensteins
So much to say — so many ways to show it
'Dr. Hoffmann's Sanatorium': Delving deep into the weird world of Kafka
Playwright Kazumi Kobayashi, better known as Keralino Sandorovich, unveils his latest play, in which a fictional discovery of a lost Franz Kafka novel is made
The theater hoping to create a 100-year legacy
Kuroneko Burlesque: The dancers keeping Kyoto's risque side alive
Canadian rakugo storyteller keeps dream alive in New York City
'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
Japanese finish in first and second places at prestigious Belgian saxophone contest
Japanese saxophonists finished first and second in the seventh Adolphe Sax International Competition, which was held in Belgium through Saturday. Kenta Saito, 27, from Tokyo won the first prize, held in Dinant, southern Belgium, the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Saito ...
Hideo Kojima: Death Stranding game creator was force-fed movies as a child, and it shows
Apology needed as 'Midway' turns the WWII battle into a cartoon
French film star Catherine Deneuve, 76, said hospitalized after 'limited' stroke
'Goodness and humor' celebrated as 'Sesame Street' turns 50, still educating kids
'The Sweetest Fruits': The influential women in Lafcadio Hearn's life
The extraordinary story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is here skillfully brought to life in a sumptuous historical novel told from the perspectives of the most important women in his memorable life. The Sweetest Fruits, by Monique Truong.304 pages PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, Historical fiction. We begin on the ...
'World Heritage Japan': John Lander photographs the country's UNESCO sites
Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood won't close the chapter on books
'Studies from Nature': Kitagawa Utamaro's glorious prints
'The Decay of the Angel': Overshadowed by the death of its author
'Cats of the Louvre': A storied museum reveals its secrets
Hold on, are we watching "Terrace House" or a spinoff of "The Bachelor"? Because it looks like everyone is receiving a rose this week, as Haruka, Emika and Hana — who all have flower kanji in their names (hence the previous episode's title "The ...
How 'Heidi' sparked an anime revolution in Japan
Ep. 17 'This is Not a Place to Slack'
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