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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2014

Sony has a bigger problem than North Korea

Sony's corporate headquarters seemed to view the hacking drama related to its film 'The Interview,' which lampoons North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as mostly an American problem. The attack exposed a disturbing lack of cyber-preparedness on Sony's part.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014

Sony Pictures struggles to restore computers after cyberattack

Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 2, 2014

Flipping through rock's baby pictures

In the mid-1960s, a young Mike Nogami picked up a camera and started taking pictures of things around him — dogs, his neighborhood, friends playing guitar. Some of those friends were in a band called Happy End, the group that Haruomi Hosono played bass in before starting Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 13, 2013

Illuminating the interplay between Japanese poetry and pictures

This cleverly titled book combines two subjects, for the "art" that it describes is not just the art of haiku composition but that of the pictures that frequently accompany the poems, often by the same person. "If haiku is a worldwide phenomenon, haiga (haiku painting) is almost unknown," says the author....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2019

'Human Lost': Osamu Dazai's classic novel gets lost in sci-fi technobabble

A futuristic update of 'No Longer Human,' the latest computer-animated film from Polygon Pictures takes liberties with the source material.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 14, 2017

Pop star Beyonce posts first pictures of twins on Instagram

Pop star Beyonce posted the first pictures of her twins, Sir Carter and Rumi, in an Instagram post on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016

Amid craze, Syrian children hold Pokemon pictures, pray 'world will find them'

While "Pokemon Go" is proving to be a monster hit in Japan and also around the globe, an opposition group in Syria is hoping to harness the mobile phone game's power to remind the world of that country's 5-year-old civil war — and of the children caught in the middle of the bloody conflict.
CULTURE / Books / Children's Literature in Japan
Dec 7, 2019

For children's book author Mitsumasa Anno, pictures speak louder than words

Travel around the world with Mitsumasa Anno's iconic 'Anno's Journey' series, which introduces children to countries and customs through meticulous illustrations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 15, 2017

'Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters': Japan's main mutant gets animated and goes global

Being two of Japan's biggest pop-cultural exports, it's a small wonder Godzilla and anime haven't been brought together before now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2015

Sony developing 1,000-pictures-a-second sensor

Sony Corp. built a dominant position in image sensors by helping people take high-quality photos with smartphones. Now, the company is focusing on sensors that take photos at least 10 times faster than the human eye can see.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2015

U.S. started penetrating North Korea's computer network in 2010: report

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) began tapping into North Korean computer networks in 2010, an effort that ultimately helped provide evidence to persuade the Obama administration that Pyongyang was behind the November cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the New York Times reported Sunday....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2015

Sony Pictures CEO says hack won't set studio back

Over the past seven weeks, the chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment has dealt with the fallout from a cyberattack he likens to having your house robbed and burned to the ground.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2014

Sony tells theaters they can pull 'The Interview' after threats

Sony Pictures executives told theaters they are free to pull "The Interview" from their multiplexes following threats of violence by a hacker group, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2014

Sony hack reveals health information on employees, children, spouses

Documents stolen by hackers include detailed health information on more than 36 Sony employees, children and spouses, showing how easily private data can become public.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2014

Crimean port turns out for Russians

When a convoy of Russian military vehicles unloaded dozens of armed troops into this sleepy Crimean port town Saturday, residents thronged around them honking car horns, snapping pictures and waving Russian flags.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 10, 2011

Toyama lantern festival provides bright opportunity for pictures

Still relatively unknown despite being historically famous, northwestern Japan will host one of the country's most enthralling events, the Tonami Yotaka Festival.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 15, 2007

A year to remember in pictures

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then everyone who visits the World Press Photo Contest's traveling exhibition will have plenty to digest. That's because the WPPC, which runs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography from June 16-Aug. 5, features the best photojournalism of 2006 from lensmen...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2005

Kids around world chat in pictures

Children who speak different languages can be friends if they can find a way to communicate.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 16, 2003

Pictures of peace

VISIONS OF BUDDHIST LIFE, photographs and text by Don Farber, forward by Huston Smith, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, 240 pp., 116 color photos, 36 quadtone photos, $39.95 (cloth) The photographer Don Farber has made his domain (in the words of his publisher) "the beauty and diversity...
Smoke clouds in the three colors of the French nationa flag appear at Pont d'Austerlitz during the opening ceremony on July 26.
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2024

In pictures: One last look back at the Games in the City of Light

From above, below and all sides, the artistry of the world’s best athletes could be seen everywhere at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel gives a speech at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2023

U.S. envoy to Japan slams China in speech and social media post

Rahm Emanuel posted pictures of Chinese boats he said were fishing near Japan despite Beijing's seafood ban over the Fukushima water release.
"Uketsu" is a completely anonymous writer and YouTuber whose odd books — which blend mystery and horror — have become a smash-hit publishing phenomenon in Japan.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 7, 2025

'Uketsu': The internet phantom haunting Japan's bestseller lists

Anonymous author and YouTuber "Uketsu" deals in a quiet horror that has delighted millions of readers.
New Japanese passports will be printed using laser technology based on banknote printing techniques, making forgery more difficult.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2025

Applications for forgery-proof passports start in Japan

Passports issued for applications submitted from Monday onward will feature a new design.
A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy is seen during a military display in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. The submarine that surfaced in the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday appeared to be one of this class.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2024

Taipei keeping watch after Chinese submarine surfaces in Taiwan Strait

Pictures of the surfaced craft, which appears to be a nuclear-armed Jin-class ballistic missile submarine, were taken by Taiwanese fishermen.
A photograph by Joel Pulliam provides a hint at what is on offer at VoidTokyo's "Sharaku" exhibition at HikoHiko Gallery.
CULTURE
Jul 19, 2023

Street photography by VoidTokyo on full display in Ginza

With the goal of capturing the city of Tokyo in physical form and not just on social media, VoidTokyo celebrates its members at “Sharaku.”

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