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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2016
Tokyo ward to resurrect dwelling famed for housing manga artists
Tokyo's Toshima Ward plans to restore Tokiwa-so, a wooden apartment building known for housing many manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, to promote the nation's anime culture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jun 18, 2016
Drawing on the past of Osamu Tezuka
In 1977, American author and translator Frederik L. Schodt and three friends formed a manga-translation group in Tokyo, with the then-quixotic dream of introducing Japanese comics to a global readership. Schodt had arrived in Japan in 1965, courtesy of a father in the United States Foreign Service. He...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2016
Japan's political parties deploying mascots and manga to appeal to younger voters
In a country awash with everything manga, it only makes sense that Japanese political parties will try and make use of cartoon characters this summer in the first national election in which 18-year-olds can vote.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2016
'Eguchi Hisashi Pop Art Exhibition: King of Pop — Kyoto Edition'
June 11-Sept 4
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2016
Manga shows Hiroshima survival as one of joy
The horror in post-bombing Hiroshima is captured in black-and-white photos of the city and its beleaguered survivors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 29, 2016
Mystery shrouds origin of the ubiquitous V sign
Despite its history in Japan being a mere few decades old, what started the 'peace sign' craze here is hotly disputed.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 24, 2016
'Cool Japan' needs to listen to its target market
As far as awards ceremonies go, the Sugoi Japan Awards were a fairly flashy affair. Held on March 22, the prizes recognized recent titles in anime, manga and fiction that an online poll of Japanese fans wanted to do well overseas.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 7, 2016
Manga and anime goods store opens in Bangkok
An estimated 400 customers lined up in Bangkok for the opening of the first Thai branch of Animate, a Japanese manga and animation goods store.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11 DISASTER FIVE YEARS ON
Mar 2, 2016
Manga artist and ex-Fukushima No. 1 worker portrays life, progress at troubled plant
A manga artist who has been involved in decommissioning work at the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has highlighted the need for effective deployment of skilled workers in parts of the premises that still have high radiation levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2016
Japanese manga goods store opens in Bangkok
An estimated 400 customers lined up in Bangkok for the opening Saturday of the first Thai branch of animate, a Japanese manga and animation goods store that features limited items, accessories and other products related to popular comic books and anime shows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Feb 2, 2016
Nakano Broadway marks 50 years, now known as a center for Japanese cultural memorabilia
Nakano Broadway turns 50 this year. The shopping complex in Tokyo's busy Nakano district remains popular with enthusiasts of pop culture, boasting dozens of manga, anime and collectors' shops.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jan 23, 2016
Barefoot Gen
With the recent announcement by North Korean authorities that they had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, Keiji Nakazawa's classic anti-nuclear manga, "Barefoot Gen," once again deserves a full reading — both for newcomers or for those revisiting its brilliance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jan 16, 2016
Online streaming keeps anime afloat
Last week in California, I caught up with some of the chief purveyors of Japanese popular culture in the United States and elsewhere in the world. It became rapidly clear that 2016 won't be at all like 2015 — or any other year before it.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2016
First 'animate' Japanese manga store to open in Thailand next month
Japan Manga Alliance Co. said Friday it will open its first manga and animation goods store in Thailand on Feb. 6 amid increasing efforts to promote "Cool Japan" youth pop culture abroad.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 7, 2016
'Boys over Flowers' blooms on stage
'One Piece," a new, modern entertainment-focused "Super Kabuki" play based on an eponymous manga series by Eiichiro Oda, closed last month after a hit Tokyo run that showed beyond doubt that manga-based productions are not the preserve of movies and television — where they have long been popular...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 22, 2015
Manga artist Hasumi stirs outrage again with new book slammed as racist
After gaining the spotlight at home and abroad a few months ago over a controversial manga illustration denigrating a Syrian refugee girl, artist Toshiko Hasumi seemingly remains unrepentant.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Dec 19, 2015
Hatsune Miku: the 'nonexistent' pop star
My 2015 kicked off with a January concert by Hatsune Miku, Japan's digital pop star, in Las Vegas. It is winding down with a visit to Miku's creator, Hiroyuki Itoh, at his company's head office in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 1, 2015
Reviving Japan Inc.'s entertainment division
If Japan had its own cartoon-and-comics-driven Hollywood, it would increase its global cultural clout and give the economy a much needed boost.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 1, 2015
'The Art of Furuya Usamaru'
Dec. 1-Jan. 11
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2015
From Paris to Seoul, death of manga artist Mizuki is mourned
Manga artist Shigeru Mizuki's global following has been making itself felt since his death Monday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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