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The unmaking of Friday Night Plans
Once a rising star of sleek R&B, Friday Night Plans has spent the past few years...
When infinity becomes finite: How will Yayoi Kusama’s d...
There will be no new Kusamas, but rarity is another matter. Her death exposes th...
Woe is marriage: ‘Until the T-Shirt Dries’ is a meander...
A melodramatic narrative with a ruminative core, the TBS series' constituent par...
A trumpet-led finale brings new spark to Seiji Ozawa Ma...
The festival's 35th edition brought together musicians from across generations a...
15 Popular Japanese Clothing Stores
Traditional Japanese clothing usually makes people think of kimono and the acces...
Country song beats Mariah Carey tune for U.S. chart record
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has made chart history, surpassing a holiday cla...
Moons, mazes, mountains: Japan’s art scene this fall wi...
A busy season lies ahead with new festivals in Tokyo and Maebashi, Gunma Prefect...
More Chinese films fill TIFF theaters as Canada-China t...
Filmmakers and festival programmers point to a growing appetite for stories from...
Pop star Ed Sheeran says Gaza situation ‘unjustifiable’...
The singer maintained an apolitical stance but broke his silence on the Israeli-...
What ADHD looks like when it gets ahold of a microphone
Instead of scripting jokes, Mike Paxman and Alex T Thomas, two comedians with AD...
‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’: A passionate but un...
Shinya Tsukamoto's "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?" dramatizes the experiences...
‘Nagi Notes’: An intimate portrayal of rural rhythms an...
The latest film by Koji Fukada reveals an understated charm through languid conv...
City pop wasn’t really a genre. Until it was.
The internet's city pop revival transformed a once-nebulous label into a global ...
Who is Hiro Murai, the Tokyo-born director who made Emm...
Murai's work with Donald Glover helped define "Atlanta" and "This Is America" be...
Hirokazu Koreeda’s ‘Look Back’ is gorgeous but unnecessary
The director's authorial signature gets somewhat muddled in this adaptation of a...
Star Japanese novelist jumps from killer thrillers to c...
Asako Yuzuki, famous for thrillers like Butter, pivots to children's literature ...
