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Trooper Salute marches to its own beat on dazzling debut album

Trooper Salute marches to its own beat on dazzling debu...

The quintet's debut album "Tomogachi Ga Imashita," released on June 17, features...

‘All the Lovers in the Night’ film adaptation brings ‘unstable beauty’ to the screen

‘All the Lovers in the Night’ film adaptation brings ‘u...

During the Cannes Film Festival, director Yukiko Sode and actors Yukino Kishii a...

‘Unchained’ presents a grim portrait of a budding psychopath

‘Unchained’ presents a grim portrait of a budding psych...

Keisuke Yoshida's gritty drama concerns the misdeeds of a violent teenager and a...

An implausible but engaging crime drama unfolds in ‘Magical Secret Tour’

An implausible but engaging crime drama unfolds in ‘Mag...

In Chihiro Amano's "Magical Secret Tour," a trio of Japanese women becomes embro...

Buzzcut backlash: AKB48 member’s termination stirs online furor

Buzzcut backlash: AKB48 member’s termination stirs onli...

Mei Hanada's response video to her termination from idol group AKB48 echoes a sc...

This is not AI. It’s intentionally, painstakingly human-made art.

This is not AI. It’s intentionally, painstakingly human...

Yoshitoshi Kanemaki's handcarved sculptures have a digital aesthetic, but they a...

What is the ‘Mona Lisa’ of Japan?

What is the ‘Mona Lisa’ of Japan?

From Hokusai to Kusama, searching for the country's ultimate artwork

Tidying guru Marie Kondo and ‘Exit 8’ director team up for a cozy fiction book

Tidying guru Marie Kondo and ‘Exit 8’ director team up ...

An unlikely collaboration between tidying guru Marie Kondo and filmmaker and aut...

Cozy fiction meets Marie Kondo’s magic of tidying up

Cozy fiction meets Marie Kondo’s magic of tidying up

An unlikely collaboration between tidying guru Marie Kondo and filmmaker and aut...

Cozy fiction meets the magic of tidying up

Cozy fiction meets the magic of tidying up

An unlikely collaboration between tidying guru Marie Kondo and filmmaker and aut...

‘Tagusari Bros.’ searches for the meaning of justice

‘Tagusari Bros.’ searches for the meaning of justice

Themes of vengeance and closure are nothing new in the world of crime dramas, bu...

‘Demon Slayer’ musical is for fans who’ve done the homework

‘Demon Slayer’ musical is for fans who’ve done the home...

The record-breaking anime "Demon Slayer" has been reimagined as a musical and it...

‘You Are the Film’ offers a multiverse on a microbudget

‘You Are the Film’ offers a multiverse on a microbudget

Set in a real-life corner of Tokyo's Shimokitazawa neighborhood, Makoto Ueda's d...

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’: A cerebral whodunnit in feudal Japan

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’: A cerebral whodunnit in...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's historical drama is a murder mystery in the Agatha Christie m...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi wants to make the impossible possible

Ryusuke Hamaguchi wants to make the impossible possible

An ethos of idealism is pervasive in the director's first French-language film, ...

Prewar poet Chuya Nakahara’s complete works get a new life in English

Prewar poet Chuya Nakahara’s complete works get a new l...

A new translation, and the first publication of Chuya's complete works in Englis...