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FILM

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2016
Film depicting China's shadow over Hong Kong wins top Asian movie award
A Hong Kong film portraying a dystopian future under Chinese Communist Party rule won one of Asia's top film awards Sunday at a time when Beijing's attempts to rein in the city's democratic development have stoked growing political tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2016
Yen for animation inspired Hong Kong designer's robot
Like innumerable children with imaginations fired by animated films, Hong Kong product and graphic designer Ricky Ma grew up watching cartoons featuring the adventures of robots, and dreamed of building his own one day.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 27, 2016
Australian actor Hugh Jackman helps swimmers to safety from dangerous surf
Australian actor Hugh Jackman turned real-life action hero at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Saturday, when he helped his son and another man to safety from strong currents in the surf.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
North Carolina man arrested over rented VHS tape 14 years overdue
A wanted North Carolina man was arrested this week on charges he failed to return a VHS tape to a video store 14 years ago, police said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2016
China punishes film distributor for inflating 'Ip Man 3' box office figures
China's film regulator has suspended the distribution license of a company accused of fraudulently boosting box office figures for the martial arts movie "Ip Man 3" by millions of dollars, the state Xinhua News Agency reported.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 25, 2016
Latest 'Star Wars' makes biggest global debut
The new 'Star Wars' movie has set a global opening weekend box-office record, smashing past the previous holder, 'Jurassic World.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 23, 2016
Amid Oscars outcry, film academy pledges to double diversity by 2020
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organizer of the Oscar awards, pledged on Friday to double its membership of women and minorities by 2020 through an ambitious affirmative action plan that includes stripping some older members of voting privileges.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 17, 2016
Bringing art — and Super 8 — to students in the sticks
An American teacher seeks to bring out students' creativity and help keep Super 8 medium alive through project at university in Tochigi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 15, 2016
China's richest man eyes global film empire with purchase of Hollywood blockbuster studio
Flanked by models in white sequin dresses amid booming music and dazzling lights, China's richest man savored his latest entertainment triumph this week: the announcement of a $3.5 billion deal to take over a Hollywood blockbuster movie studio.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 4, 2016
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' shoots to overtake 'Avatar' opening record
Having vanquished "Titanic" and "Jurassic World," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has set its sights on "Avatar."
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 30, 2015
Views from Nagoya: What did you make of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'?
Cinemagoers offer their opinions after a showing of the much-anticipated seventh installment in the 'Star Wars' saga.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 27, 2015
'Star Wars' takes Chinese social media by storm ahead of release
After a mammoth marketing campaign, the growing online chatter in China around "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" suggests that the latest installment of the hit film franchise has a shot at breaking box-office records in the world's second-largest movie market.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 23, 2015
'Star Wars' fan is arrested over threat to student who revealed plot
A Montana man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to shoot a student for divulging a plot line from the newly released "Star Wars" epic, court documents showed on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015
Remembering Setsuko Hara
Fans and critics regretted that acting great Setsuko Hara never made more films after 1961, but with her passing perhaps a new generation will discover the pleasure, complexity and intensity of her work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 5, 2015
Robert Loggia, actor in 'Scarface' and 'Big,' dies at 85
Robert Loggia, the gravelly voiced character actor who danced with Tom Hanks on a giant floor keyboard in "Big," fought aliens in "Independence Day" and trafficked in drugs in "Scarface," died on Friday at age 85, his widow said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2015
'Tractor beam' using sound created, with possible uses in medicine and space
The tractor beam, a science-fiction staple that can pull in spaceships and other things remotely, is entering the realm of reality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Oct 4, 2015
Chance chat in Gaza alters a life
Kenji Sekine might have ended up as a wine importer at a supermarket chain in Tokyo had it not been for a chance encounter with a Palestinian boy during a trip to the Middle East in early 1999.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 20, 2015
Jackie Collins, doyenne of the steamy Hollywood novel, dies at 77
Jackie Collins, the best-selling author of dozens of steamy novels who depicted the boardrooms and bedrooms of Hollywood's power crowd, died on Saturday of breast cancer at age 77, her family said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 2, 2015
Japanese theater group travels to Europe by film
Getting a Japanese film on the international festival circuit isn't as easy as it sounds — and even more so for "Ao no Ran," the latest film in the popular Geki×Cine series that fuses stage production with cinema.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 23, 2015
Novelist Ishiguro's notes and works head to Texas library
The sweeping archives of award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro will be heading to a University of Texas research library, including a discarded opening chapter for his best-known book, "The Remains of the Day," the university said.
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi reacts to applauding lawmakers after being elected prime minister at the Lower House on Tuesday.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
Japanese EV production is focusing on batteries as automakers compete for the lightest, most durable models and the longest driving range.
Takaichi government will likely spend less than expected
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Monday
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
How Japan’s greatest psychological horror game came home
Series composer Akira Yamaoka and writer Ryukishi07 were integral figures in helping one of Japan's greatest horror gaming franchises land a Japanese setting.
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
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Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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