People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Aug 17, 2019
Shiori Aiba: Getting the right paperwork
by John L. Tran
Life in Berlin inspires textile designer Aiba to branch out into jewelry.
Business Aug 12, 2019
Rubber refugee boats given new life as bags, some with emotional baggage, in Berlin
Leaning over his sewing machine in the workshop of the small Berlin-based company called mimycri, Khaldoun Alhussain concentrates as he stitches a piece of gray rubber. A border of yellow thread takes shape on the material that he works with an expert hand. The gray material ...
World May 15, 2019
People who as children were forced into state care by the former communist East German regime will more easily be able to obtain compensation, Berlin said Wednesday, as it sought to lift barriers to claims for payment. The German government's proposed legal change, which will ...
World May 12, 2019
70 years after blockade of city by Soviet forces, Berlin Airlift is recalled
Germany on Sunday marked 70 years since the end of the Soviet blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift, the spectacular humanitarian rescue mission that was the first major salvo of the Cold War. For almost a year, mainly American and British pilots created a lifeline ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? May 4, 2019
Yosuke Hosoi: The mission to get it all on film
by Louise George Kittaka
Studying film in New York, working in TV in Japan, and now living in Berlin, "Yosuke Hosoi says international filmmaking is his calling.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Mar 9, 2019
Ryoichi Kurokawa: The electronic artist's code
by Verena Dauerer
A self-taught multi-disciplinary artist merging art and electronic music, Ryoichi Kurokawa reconstructs the nature he grew up with software code.
Entertainment News Feb 15, 2019
Chinese movies dodge Beijing censors to shine, spotlight taboos, at Berlin film fest
A moving Chinese epic looking at the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, the one-child policy and forced abortion made it past censors to premiere at the Berlin film festival Thursday despite a widening crackdown. "Di jiu tian chang" ("So Long, My Son") by Wang Xiaoshuai, ...
Entertainment News Feb 14, 2019
Netflix row overshadows Berlin premiere of film about Spanish lesbians 'Elisa & Marcela'
A row over whether films produced for streaming platform Netflix should be shown at the Berlin Film Festival has overshadowed the premiere of "Elisa & Marcela," Isabel Coixet's tale of two Spanish lesbians. Independent arthouse cinema operators in Germany wrote to German Culture Minister Monika ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Apr 14, 2018
Ryoko Hori: The art of massage and crafts
by Verena Dauerer
Born and raised in Osaka, Ryoko Hori, 37, moved to Tokyo to study fashion design at the age of 18. As a student she was lucky enough to work for the famous clothing brand Issey Miyake, but she wanted even more experiences in life. ...
Entertainment News Feb 25, 2018
"Touch Me Not," a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. Romanian director Adina Pintilie said she had not expected to win the ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 22, 2017
German police present John Lennon diaries and glasses stolen in N.Y., announce arrest
German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow, Yoko Ono, in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin. Police arrested a man in Berlin on Monday suspected of receiving ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Aug 5, 2017
Zen monk Seigaku: A life with less can be so much more
by Verena Dauerer
Japanese monk Seigaku lives a Zen life with as little money as possible in Berlin.