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In Tokyo’s Mitaka, a search for traces of Osamu Dazai
The novelist's hometown honors his memory, but with many buildings demolished, a...
Music Awards Japan levels up and looks ahead
Japan's largest music award ceremony moved to Tokyo for its second year, with a ...
Grammys to add best Asian pop music performance categor...
The new Grammy category gives J-pop, K-pop and C-pop acts greater opportunities ...
As his centennial nears, Osamu Tezuka gets a global rei...
Japan reveres Osamu Tezuka. As his centennial approaches, a slew of events hope ...
Postwar poet Chuya Nakahara’s complete works get a new ...
A new translation, and the first publication of Chuya's complete works in Englis...
The search for Osamu Dazai’s memory in his hometown Mitaka
The novelist's hometown honors his memory, but with many buildings demolished, a...
TV Tairiku Ondo channels the chaotic creativity of youth
After going viral with a 90-second track in 2024, the rock quartet from Hokkaido...
David Hockney, the British artist who went in search of...
"You don't retire doing this," he told the BBC when asked about his unflagging e...
Meiko Kaji studied hard to smolder on screen
The star of "Lady Snowblood" and other 1970s action films looks back on the sere...
‘New Group’ has big ideas but wobbly foundations
Human pyramids and other gymnastic formations become an ominous metaphor in Yuta...
‘All of a Sudden’: A tender triumph from Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The director's award-winning film is a poignant study of the human condition bui...
Emerging Kansai artists to watch
Among the artists featured at Art Osaka, several offered particularly engaging t...
‘Fujiko’ is a stirring portrayal of a scrappy single mom
Yuki Katayama shines as the titular character in "Fujiko," a film about a woman'...
‘Never After Dark’ finds fresh chills in familiar J-hor...
Written and directed by Dave Boyle, the film begins as a paranormal investigatio...
10th Anime Awards spotlight industry’s international reach
Celebrity guests from Canada, India and other countries attended Crunchyroll's a...
Japan’s Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto made history at Cannes, while Japanese filmmakers and producers look...
