CULTURE
Bling-Bang, baby: The J-pop soundtrack of 2024
Japanese music made waves globally, fueled by Coachella debuts, TikTok virality ...
‘The War of the Rohirrim’: Striking visuals, insipid st...
Kenji Kamiyama's anime addition to J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" universe...
‘Moving’: A profound, poetic coming-of-age masterpiece ...
The 1993 film by Shinji Somai is rekindling interest in the late director as a g...
Demand for Japanese content booms after 'Shogun' success
With interest coming from overseas producers, Japan-based companies are trying t...
Step into ukiyo-e: A digital journey through Japan’s tr...
"Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition" uses 3D animation and projection mapping to re...
A year of ruin and renewal for Japan’s art world in 2024
Amid struggles caused by a weak yen, galleries turned to innovative ideas and co...
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
International collaborations and indie risk-takers steered the film industry in ...
‘The Hotel of My Dream’: A literary comedy that never r...
Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s adaptation of Asako Yuzuki’s novel promises a festive treat,...
‘More Than Words’: A morally gray melodrama about sexua...
Takashi Watanabe’s film concerns the plight of a bumbling TV writer whose entang...
Comic cons are far more than just cosplay
The conventions allow fans of comics to meet their heroes — both actors and auth...
Zakir Hussain, peerless Indian tabla player, dies at 73
Considered a national treasure in his homeland, the percussionist brought classi...
Jay Rubin takes us back to Haruki Murakami's world
A new translation of “End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” brings the fa...
'Into the New World': the K-pop song that became South ...
The Girls' Generation track has a history of being used to give young South Kore...
Women are writing a new chapter in Japanese literature ...
From the deadly serious and deeply weird to the fluffiest of diversions, a bount...
Big franchises and bold voices dominated anime in 2024
In a year of major box-office hits such as “Conan” and “Haikyu!!,” smaller anima...
‘Cells at Work!’: Cellular shenanigans make for a fanta...
Spirited performances by Mei Nagano and Takeru Satoh bolster Hideki Takeuchi’s q...
