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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 Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Jul 3, 2009
Chikujo Seyo!
Director: Yo Kohatsu
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2009
Soda takes a pop at taboos
Kazuhiro Soda made his name with his first documentary film "Campaign," which follows the director's former classmate Kazuhiko Yamauchi as he campaigns for a city-council seat in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007, broadcast on TV in around 200 countries...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
May 15, 2009
Duplicity
Duplicity
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
May 15, 2009
Duplicity
Director: Tony Gilroy
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
May 1, 2009
"Oppai Volley" ("Breast Volleyball")
Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Apr 17, 2009
24 City
Director: Jia Zhangke
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 20, 2009
Set to Cruise control in Tokyo
Tom Cuise was in Japan last week with his wife, Katie Holmes, and their 2-year-old daughter, Suri, to promote his new film, "Valkyrie." As always, the star did the best he could to please his Japanese fans, spending over two hours outside a theater in Roppongi shaking hands and signing autographs; and...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Mar 20, 2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 6, 2009
New theater keeps it short and sweet
History is being made on the second floor of a new apartment block in Yokohama's waterfront Minato Mirai district where, since February 2008, the Brillia Short Shorts Theater has been Japan's first and only cinema dedicated to films under 25 minutes long. The one-screen venue is now showing this year's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2009
Bent Hamer nails another odd story
N orwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer is a generous man. At the end of our interview, while waiting for the next journalist to arrive, Hamer began putting together media kits that were piled up on a desk to be sorted out by the staff of his film's promotion company. Told not to bother, he kept at it with a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Dec 12, 2008
D-War
Director: Shim Hyung Rae
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Dec 5, 2008
Death Race
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Nov 21, 2008
Yogisha X no Kenshin
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 21, 2008
Documentaries frame Berlin Philharmonic's past, present
Two documentaries about the famed Berlin Philharmonic are being showcased in a Japan roadshow that started last Saturday at Eurospace in Shibuya, Tokyo. Both films look into the state of this venerated ensemble, but during very different periods in its 126-year history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Nov 14, 2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Director: Chris Carter
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Oct 24, 2008
Halloween
Halloween
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 24, 2008
Film fest offers the Himalayas
The stunning snow-capped mountains of the Himalayas are certainly a joy to behold — or, for some, to climb. For those not up to the cost or exertion of such an endeavor, the Himalaya Film Festival from Nov. 1 to 3 offers an experience in armchair mountaineering.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Oct 17, 2008
Bordertown
Director: Gregory Nava
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Oct 10, 2008
"Ikigami"
"Ikigami"
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 26, 2008
"Wanted"
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
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.
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.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
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.

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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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