CULTURE
National Ballet of Japan takes its 'Giselle' to Royal O...
First staged in 2022 to celebrate the NBJ’s 25th anniversary season, Miyako Yosh...
The band that turned a pandemic lockdown into a Tokyo d...
On “Grand Voyage,” French pop act Tapeworms tap into Japanese cultural nostalgia...
‘The Brothers Kitaura’: A sordid tale of filial impropr...
Masaki Tsujino’s dark comedy of errors unpacks family dysfunction and middle-cla...
‘Ghost Killer’: Spirited action and sharp humor make fo...
“Baby Assassins” collaborators Yugo Sakamoto and Kensuke Sonomura team up again ...
Online art scene eager to go offline, at least for the ...
From Beeple exhibiting a physical version of an NFT artwork to Polygon1993’s cus...
Sasami is in her pop era, and she’s not overthinking it
As the singer explores Tokyo, she reflects on identity and her latest album, “Bl...
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The prefecture's new art museum aims to engage the community through interactive...
Authors hold London protest against Meta for 'stealing'...
Writer Gail Renard explained the situation by saying, "If you stole a diamond ri...
‘Let’s Meet at Angie’s Bar’: A granny like none other
Acting veteran Mitsuko Kusabue brings wisdom and wit to Yurugu Matsumoto’s light...
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of wate...
NHK's new four-episode miniseries, “After the Quake,” probes the ripple effects ...
AI may be coming for anime, but Hayao Miyazaki is irrep...
Goro Miyazaki says that though nothing can replicate the depth of his father's w...
‘Unreachable’: An attractive but half-baked fantasy
The combined talents of Suzu Hirose, Hana Sugimoto and Kaya Kiyohara can’t save ...
Cherry blossom-themed art to see this weekend in Tokyo
With the cherry blossoms’ ephemeral beauty immortalized in art and literature fo...
Yuki Tejima's metamorphosis from bookworm to literary t...
An Instagram “bookfluencer” and professional translator for over 10 years, Tejim...
Nintendo announces Legend of Zelda film for 2027
Nintendo made the announcement on "Nintendo Today!", a new app for fans that was...
Rise and shine with ‘The Wakey Show’
Broadcaster NHK's first new daily children’s show in years puts puppets and posi...
