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Mizuho Aoki
Mizuho Aoki is a staff writer covering local news, including the current Tokyo gubernatorial race, education and aviation-related stories. She graduated from Hitotsubashi Universty with a degree in social science.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2010
Floor manager bids Kabukiza adieu
When the Kabuki-za Theater in Tokyo's Ginza district closes its doors Friday after nearly 60 years, its floor manager will be bidding farewell to a place where he was devoted to providing the best of hospitality for the past 13 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 30, 2010
Hikari Mitsushima: from pop idol to screen diva?
Up until last year, 24-year-old Hikari Mitsushima was best known as a former member of the Okinawan idol group Folder 5.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2010
Hog story ties Iowa, Yamanashi
Tokyo and Washington are now locking horns over Japan's import restrictions on American beef, but when it comes to pork the story is a little bit different.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2010
Ginza gives way to carnations
About 5,000 domestically grown carnations were put on display Tuesday in a bustling intersection in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district to promote flower sales in the runup to May 9 — Mother's Day.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 12, 2010
Family-friendly exhibit celebrates mammals
From Ueno Zoo's giant panda, Ling Ling, to a 2.5-meter-tall polar bear, around 280 stuffed specimens, fossils and skeletons of mammals will go on display at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo from March 13. Titled "Mammals: Diversity in Terrestrial Life," the exhibition examines the evolution...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Feb 19, 2010
Koshonin the Movie
Director: Hidetomo Matsuda
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Feb 12, 2010
Invictus
Director: Clint Eastwood
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 12, 2010
Hokkaido town chills out with film festival
Hokkaido has more than just skiing and snowboarding on offer this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Jan 22, 2010
Nodame Cantabile Saishu Gakusho: Part 1
Based on Tomoko Ninomiya's popular manga about aspiring classical musicians, this comedy-drama takes off from where the Fuji TV series left off: Two gifted protagonists — piano student Nodame (Juri Ueno) and young conductor Chiaki (Hiroshi Tamaki) — head off to Paris to pursue their dreams....
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 20, 2009
Focus on arty Asian marvels at Tokyo's FILMeX festival
Tokyo FILMeX is increasing its load from 39 films to 61 this year, to celebrate its 10th year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Oct 23, 2009
Non-chan Noriben
Director: Akira Ogata
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 23, 2009
Kiwis take promotional punt over to Tokyo Tower
A giant inflatable rugby ball will appear at the foot of Tokyo Tower for one week from Oct. 28 to advertise the next Rugby World Cup to be held across New Zealand in 2011, also coinciding with the first-ever Bledisloe Cup to be held in Japan — New Zealand's All Blacks vs. Australia's Qantas Wallabies...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 16, 2009
Foreign filmmaker wrestles with legacy of manga hero
"I hope people give it a chance. Because if people give it a chance they'll like it," says director David Bowers about his new animation, "Astro Boy" (titled "Atom" in domestic release), in a room at the Park Hyatt hotel in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Oct 2, 2009
Doomsday
Director: Neil Marshall
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 2, 2009
Documentary follows struggles of an addict
Tokyo-based U.S. filmmaker Ian Thomas Ash's debut feature documentary will be shown for the first time in Japan on Sunday at Nakano Zero.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 28, 2009
"Taken"
Director: Pierre Morel
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 14, 2009
Film center commemorates Tsuchimoto
The National Film Center in Tokyo's Chuo Ward presents the works of Noriaki Tsuchimoto (1928-2008), a postwar documentary filmmaker, who is best known for an extensive series of films on Minamata disease, one of the worst industrial pollution-related illnesses in Japan's history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 14, 2009
Hachiko: A Dog's Story
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Jul 10, 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 10, 2009
Sabu masterfully helms a floating canning factory
After debuting as a writer/director in 1996 with "D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner," a kinetic comedy of three men chasing each other around, Sabu has been a regular on international film circuits, and is especially liked by the Berlin International Film Festival where he has had six films screened in the past, of...
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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