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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 12, 2022
Director Werner Herzog finally finds his medium
The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with “The Twilight World,” a new book about a real-life Japanese intelligence officer.
Japan Times
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Jun 8, 2022
Lightning cruise past Rangers to even NHL East finals at two games each
It is the first time the home teams have won the first four respective games of a conference final series since 1991.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 12, 2022
'All the Lovers in the Night' ignites a spark of hope for lonely hearts
Author Mieko Kawakami imagines love reflecting the properties of light in her latest English release about the universality of loneliness.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 7, 2022
Manga of book on Soviet women's war tales captivates Japanese readers
A manga adaptation of a Nobel winner's book on the experiences of women who served in the Soviet Union's campaign against Germany in World War II is proving a timely success among Japanese readers looking to better understand war amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 4, 2022
Fan-produced content boosts sumo's international visibility
With few dedicated English-language journalists covering sumo, the importance of fan-produced translations, blogs and reports remains high.
Japan Times
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Apr 20, 2022
Duel in the Pool between U.S. and Australia to return in Sydney
The three-day event at Sydney's Olympic Park from Aug. 19-21 will bring together 30 Olympic, Paralympic and national team swimmers from both countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 16, 2022
Magic: The Gathering taps into Japanese pop culture
The cyberpunk-themed Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty expansion set enchants its dedicated fan base with world-renowned artists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 14, 2022
Inside the curious creations of Fujiko A. Fujio
Motoo Abiko, aka Fujiko A. Fujio, made his mark by testing the boundaries of the manga genre with quirky concepts and dark humor.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2022
‘Odd Taxi: In the Woods’: Tokyo joyride runs out of steam
Baku Kinoshita's theatrical version of an anime series about animal urbanites is leaner than the original but loses much of its charm.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2022
‘Kingdom of the Apes’: Corporate power games leave a bloody mess
Shugo Fujii tackles a familiar story line in his new film “Kingdom of the Apes”: An intrepid journalist investigates a coverup, incurring the wrath of the powers-that-be. It is a narrative that was injected with topical relevance in the 2019 hit “The Journalist,” directed by Michihito Fujii (no relation to Shugo) and later expanded into a 2021 Netflix series of the same title.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 3, 2022
Chesil's coming-of-age tale gives voice to the silenced
'The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart' is a short but heartfelt novel that tells an explicitly Zainichi story.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2022
With flights still cut, Japan's airline workers make the best of jobs on the ground
Unable to perform their usual duties, many staffers have remained seconded, sometimes keeping them in a very different environment but enabling them to learn new skills.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 31, 2022
‘One Day, You Will Reach the Sea’: A haunting ode to those who couldn’t say goodbye
Yukino Kishii gives a controlled performance as a woman struggling to deal with the disappearance of a former friend in Ryutaro Nakagawa's drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 26, 2022
‘Mlabri in the Woods’ offers a rare look at former hunter-gatherers
Director Yu Kaneko's documentary about an ethnic group living in the hills of Laos and northern Thailand began with an encounter with a Japanese linguist fluent in the Mlabri language.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / ANALYSIS
Mar 22, 2022
Why hasn't Japan signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?
Despite having signed up to other agreements on the issue, and having public backing for the idea, politics has gotten in the way of a step forward on the treaty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2022
It's not what Biden said in the State of the Union, but what he failed to say
Many people in Japan are still uneasy, if not disappointed, about Biden's lack of reference to China in his State of the Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2022
Five ways to look at Biden’s State of the Union speech
Biden's first formal State of the Union checked off all the required boxes. It was fine, most of it wasn't memorable and It will neither help him nor hurt him politically.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 3, 2022
‘The Last 10 Years’: Keep a hanky handy for this weepy romance
Michihito Fujii's splashy terminal illness drama can't help succumbing to the usual genre tropes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2022
'Scattered All Over the Earth': Yoko Tawada's utopia rejects present-day conventions
The Japanese writer's latest release is a thoroughly modern novel that reflects the seismic changes technology and globalization have wrought on humanity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2022
Medical experts in Japan concerned that omicron symptoms will be mistaken for hay fever
This year's hay fever season has arrived amid the spread of the omicron variant, which often leads to similar symptoms, such as sneezing and a running nose.
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.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.

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