CULTURE
Mei Semones is the rookie to remember at Fuji Rock
The singer-songwriter delivers her bilingual lyrics and artful blend of jazz and...
Studio Ghibli’s majestic sensibility is drawing imitators
Forty years after the Japanese animation studio was founded, game creators are e...
‘Sham’ flirts with ambiguity, then picks a side
Takashi Miike’s legal drama draws from a real-life incident and makes a clear bu...
Why are idol fans throwing hands at the track?
A recent Fruits Zipper fan frenzy stirred online criticism, raising questions ab...
‘Renoir’: An impressionistic portrait of grief and girl...
Chie Hayakawa’s latest feature about a young girl facing losing a parent to canc...
Japanese pop-rock band Tokio announces disbandment afte...
The group said it will bring an end to its activities as Tokio following a compl...
Stage dive into summer: Japan’s best music festivals, m...
The weather will be hot, but the concert calendar is looking even hotter.
A buzzing zine scene across Japan packs passion in mult...
In a world now dominated by digital media, small handmade books are a return to ...
Japanese director Yasuhiro Aoki wins French animation a...
"ChaO" tells the story of a romance between an office worker and a mermaid princ...
‘Lupin the IIIrd The Movie The Immortal Bloodline’ goes...
Takeshi Koike’s latest “Lupin” film needs more than poison gas, bullets and nudi...
‘Frontline — Yokohama Bay’ revisits nation’s first pand...
Part docudrama, part recognition of unsung crisis responders, “Frontline — Yokoh...
Sober clubbing brews fresh beat for Singapore's Gen Z
Not into an environment filled with alcohol? Try hitting up a coffee rave in Sin...
A multisensory exhibition of <i>washi</i> paper unfolds...
In the exhibition “Paper Clouds: Materiality in Empty Space,” washi paper clouds...
Japanese director Yasuhiro Aoki's wins French animation...
"ChaO" tells the story of a romance between an office worker and a mermaid princ...
Osaka wants to show off its artistic talents
With the expo underway, the city is buzzing with people. The art scene is trying...
At Tokyo Pride’s first queer art exhibition, intimacy a...
A vibrant, community-sourced exhibition in Harajuku showcases queer art that spa...
