CULTURE
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement after...
The singer and football player posted their news on social media, there's no wed...
Healing Oshima Island's history of disease with a touch...
Min Tanaka opened the Setouchi Triennale’s summer session on Oshima, Kagawa Pref...
'The Face of Jizo': Hisashi Inoue's play staged in Sydn...
Billed as the first major English-language production of the play, "The Face of ...
‘Happy Life’ brings dignity to family’s struggle with g...
Yoshihiko Taniguchi’s film balances realism and compassion in its depiction of a...
‘Seaside Serendipity’: A pastel-soaked reverie on youth...
Satoko Yokohama’s film blends watercolor whimsy, bohemian houseguests and a scho...
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic 2025 showcased Japan’s pop power: Mrs. Green Apple, Hikaru Utada an...
‘Fires on the Plain’: Haunting imagery in restored 1959...
Now restored in 4K, Kon Ichikawa’s film is a far from simple survival story that...
'Kokuho' rakes in over ¥10 billion at the box office
"Kokuho" is now the third-highest-grossing Japanese live-action movie ever after...
Sho Miyake's 'Tabi to Hibi' wins top prize at Locarno F...
This is the first Japanese movie to receive the award since 2007, when "Ai no Yo...
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in archite...
Award-winning architect Kitagawara's work is displayed at the Nakamura Keith Har...
Osaka Asian Film Festival gets an expo boost
In a rare double bill, the Osaka Asian Film Festival will stage a special summer...
Samansa bets on commuter cinema
As attention spans get shorter, a Japanese startup is banking on short films as ...
‘Yukikaze’ turns fabled warship into floating snoozefest
The story of a “lucky” Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that survived World War ...
The early bird gets the bangers at this year’s Summer S...
This year’s festival makes its biggest moves before noon, with Japan’s top acts ...
‘Natasha’ distills global zeitgeist on the opera stage
An original work commissioned by the New National Theatre, Tokyo, “Natasha” is a...
Futuristic mermaid tale ‘ChaO’ makes a splash
Yasuhiro Aoki’s feature film debut reimagines “The Little Mermaid” in vibrant de...
