Culture Columns

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  Music's shifting tides reveal a hunger for artistry in Japan

  by Ian Martin

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  Music venue Three tries to up its numbers

  by Ian Martin

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  Happier times in the era of Tetsuya Komuro

  by Ian Martin

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  The best of Japanese indie in 2016

  by Ian Martin

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  A reading list for Japan's music scene

  by Ian Martin

• Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE

  Mama's Tattoo event pushes women to write new narratives

  by Ian Martin

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Can Japanese 'light novels' remain publishing heavyweights?

  by Roland Kelts

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Will digital piracy ruin the future of manga?

  by Roland Kelts

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Japan's pop culture and literature drive soft power

  by Roland Kelts

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Netflix is animated about anime

  by Roland Kelts

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Foreign anime artists still face a long haul

  by Roland Kelts

• Culture | CULTURE SMASH

  Diana Garnet sings the praises of anime

  by Roland Kelts