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ANIME

Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 18, 2010
The merch of May
Read the comic? Saw the the movie? Ready to buy some one-of-a-kind merchandise to show your loyalty?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 1, 2009
Cheburashka set to topple Kitty-chan?
When it comes cute, big-headed money-makers, Cheburashka might give Hello Kitty a run for her money.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2009
Moving portraiture by Julian Opie
If you see the influence of Japanese art, both traditional and contemporary, in the work of Julian Opie, showing at Scai Bathhouse till Nov. 14, you've got a good eye.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Oct 23, 2009
Transformers down to desktop proportions
To coincide with the release of 'Transformers Revenge' on DVD in December, we get mice and USB which, of course, are actually robots in disguise.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 22, 2009
Rich harvest of autumn anime
From fantasy adventures to high-school romance, this autumn's crop of anime has it all.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 30, 2009
Where maids get slap happy ... for a price
Now you too can be slapped by an Akiharabara maid in the privacy of your own rented 'cute room.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 16, 2009
The feminine side of Gundam
New Type, a Gundam-themed transvestite bar in Akihabara, takes cosplay and host/hostess bars to a new level.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2009
Animation studios seek rural inspiration
Some animation producers are exchanging the stress of Tokyo for the inspiration of rural scenery — and regional economies are benefiting.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 30, 2008
Is Hayao Miyazaki Japan's greatest film director?
How great is Hayao Miyazaki? Domestically, three of his movies are among the top five money-earners: His "Spirited Away" from 2001 outstrips even "Titanic" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Globally, his movies are the darlings of international film festivals. "Spirited Away" took the Golden...
Japan Times
Features
Jul 13, 2008
Top creators call for museums to save nation's modern heritage
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Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
School offers costume-play way to 'cool' English
Learning a foreign language is never easy, and for many it can even be a painful process.
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
All aboard for 'world of manga'
With everyone pulling roller suitcases, it seemed appropriate that we were heading for the Harumi Passenger Terminal built on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the city's central Chuo Ward.
Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
Fashion fantasies come to life in cosplay
Silver wig, blue contact lenses, a mock sword and a (kind of) knight's costume.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2006
Anime, J-indie equals 'Woodstock for geeks'
'Agrand collision of two Japanese subcultures -- anime and Japanese indie music," was one blogger's take on FanimeCon 2006, the biggest anime convention in the San Francisco Bay Area.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 9, 2006
Who out there cares about 'Cool Japan'?
These days the government is jumping on the bandwagon. The Foreign Ministry is singing in tune. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has hopped on, with a conductor's baton in his hand and a spring in his step that you don't even see when he's ascending the stairs to pay his public-private respects at Yasukuni...
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2005
Miyazaki's 'Howl's Moving Castle' makes debut in N.Y., L.A. theaters
"Howl's Moving Castle," one of Japan's most successful films ever, opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles, giving American audiences their first big-screen view of the latest work from acclaimed animation director Hayao Miyazaki.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2004
Miyazaki's latest movie to get overseas distribution
Director Hayao Miyazaki's new animated film, "Howl's Moving Castle," which has just premiered in Japan, will also be screened in South Korea, France, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the producer of the film said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2003
Hayao Miyazaki mum on Oscar, citing war
Hayao Miyazaki, director of "Spirited Away," which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, indicated Monday that he finds it hard to celebrate the prize because of what is going on in the world, apparently referring to the war in Iraq.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2003
'Spirited Away' bags Academy Award
Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the 75th Annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2003
'Spirited Away' earns nomination for best animated feature Oscar
"Spirited Away," the critically acclaimed work by Hayao Miyazaki, received an Academy Awards nomination Tuesday in the Best Animated Feature Film category, while Koji Yamamura's "Mt. Head" was nominated in the animated short film category.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
Yen rally could help end crushing wage decay in Japan
Some economists say a sticky weak yen trend would have a negative impact on Japan's real wage growth.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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