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Feb 19, 2016

Paddington (dubbed) / Cinema Rosa / 2016-02-20 to 2016-02-26

11:25
CULTURE / Books
Feb 13, 2016

Monstrous Bodies: The Rise of the Uncanny in Modern Japan

In the the late 19th and early 20th century, when Japan's modernization was well underway, Japanese readers acquired a taste for a certain kind of monster: the twisted almost-human, bearing a grudge and wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting and upright citizens around them. Critics have long seen a connection...
Feb 12, 2016

Dragon Blade (dubbed) / Cinema Mediage / 2016-02-13 to 2016-02-19

11:15, 18:30
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 9, 2016

Ten perfect Valentine's Days in 10 global cities

Early stroll: The Limmat River in Zurich, A beautiful place for a morning walk before your big date. Enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the observation tower on Uetliberg Mountain. | BLOOMBERG
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2016

'Children of Iron' turns the parent-trap formula on its head

Mom and Dad decide to divorce and their kids try to bring them back together — it's a familiar story here, on screens big and small. And it's not hard to understand why: The kids nearly always succeed, making for a happy ending. Veteran hitmaker Yoji Yamada uses it for his first comedy in two decades,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 27, 2016

Radiohead set to play new material at Summer Sonic

Following the announcement of a new album in the works, Radiohead has been confirmed as one of this year's Summer Sonic headliners.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 24, 2016

Eating crow on the issue of the clever critters we consume

The controversies surrounding the eating of various animals in our modern world are numerous: the hunting of bluefin tuna to near-extinction; eating shark fin soup (in which only the fin is used and the rest of the shark is often discarded); the consumption of dogs in various Asian countries; the use...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 22, 2016

A 1971 thriller returns; the life of an indigo dyer; CM of the week: Nihon Waso

'Kuro no Shamen" ("The Black Slope"), made in 1971, is one of the most famous thrillers in the history of Japanese cinema. On Sunday night at 9, TV Asahi presents a new TV adaptation of the tale.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 15, 2016

In the wake of Starman's sudden departure

After an 18-month battle for liver cancer, cultural icon David Bowie passed away on Sunday, Jan. 10, two days after his 69th birthday. Here is a snapshot of the mourning and tributes that followed.
Jan 7, 2016

Spectre / Cinema Mediage / 2016-01-09 to 2016-01-15

until Jan. 14 17:05, 20:10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2016

'It Follows' goes after misogynist slasher film cliches

In the heyday of slasher films, the fastest way for characters to get themselves killed was by having sex. For a few bloodthirsty years following the release of John Carpenter's "Halloween" in 1978, audiences delighted in watching homicidal maniacs dispatch casts of copulating teens, before finally being...
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 30, 2015

Views from Nagoya: What did you make of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'?

Cinemagoers offer their opinions after a showing of the much-anticipated seventh installment in the 'Star Wars' saga.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 27, 2015

'Star Wars' takes Chinese social media by storm ahead of release

After a mammoth marketing campaign, the growing online chatter in China around "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" suggests that the latest installment of the hit film franchise has a shot at breaking box-office records in the world's second-largest movie market.
Dec 24, 2015

Gekijoban: Mozu / Cinema Mediage / 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-01

CULTURE / Film
Dec 16, 2015

Kiki Sugino: 'I'm always looking for myself'

Kiki Sugino has a one-of-a-kind resume in the domestic movie business. Many are the young "multi-talents" who act, sing and model, but most are recruited, molded and marketed by an agency. From the start, this 31-year-old actor, director and producer took a more independent route toward multi-dom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 16, 2015

Family comedy 'Her Father, My Lover' is dark and absurd

"Love is strange," goes the song. But aren't lovers stranger? Maybe not you, but what about your middle-aged pal, besotted with a girl young enough to be his daughter? What could he be thinking? And "strange" is no longer the descriptor many would use. How about the various synonyms for "disgusting"?...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Dec 16, 2015

Moviegoers suffering from motion sickness not enamored with CGI effects

Once upon a time, cinemas screening "The Exorcist" handed out barf bags to their patrons as a cheap gimmick. (The movie was so "sick" it would make you sick.)
Dec 10, 2015

Rain Tree no Ki / Cinema Mediage / 2015-12-12 to 2015-12-18

until Dec. 13 10:15, 15:35 / Dec. 14 to Dec. 17 10:45, 15:35, 17:00 / Dec. 18 10:45, 15:35
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 8, 2015

Once a fixture, climate skeptics say they are being stifled at Paris summit

To be a climate change skeptic in Paris this week means facing heavy odds.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 4, 2015

Secret ballerinas; remembering Setsuko Hara; CM of the week: Mercedes-Benz

Many Japanese women studied dance when they were very young, and some have gone on to careers in show business and incorporated what they learned into their work. On the two-hour special, "Geinojin ga Honki de Baree" ("Celebrities Do Real Ballet"; TBS, Wed., 7:56 p.m.), 20 female TV personalities who...
Nov 19, 2015

Grass Hoppers / Apollo Cinema 8 / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 10:30, 13:10, 15:50, 18:30, 21:05 / Nov. 27 13:10, 15:50, 18:30, 21:05
Nov 19, 2015

Love Live! The School Idol Movie / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 20:10 / Nov. 27 20:00
Nov 19, 2015

The Intern / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 23, Nov. 25, Nov. 26 12:40, 15:25, 18:10 / Nov. 24, Nov. 27 12:40, 15:25
Nov 19, 2015

The Age of Adaline / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

12:40
Nov 19, 2015

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 17:10
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 10:00, 13:10, 16:20, 20:10
Nov 19, 2015

Gekijo Rei / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

9:40, 12:00, 14:20, 16:40, 18:55, 21:05
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre (dubbed) / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 15:45
Nov 19, 2015

Toshokan Senso: The Last Mission / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 14:40, 20:00 / Nov. 27 14:35
2720 — the year when Japan is left with just one child
Children at a traditional festival in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday. A forecast made by Tohoku University professor Hiroshi Yoshida estimates that Japan will be left with just one child on Jan. 5, 2720, based on current birthrate trends.
Swiping in Japan: How Gen Z is changing the dating app game
Many Japanese dating apps have ways to detail specific interests that can be as narrow as one particular TV show, game or an artist.
Blinken in final Japan visit as Trump's return weighs on Tokyo's mind
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya at the start of their working lunch at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel sue U.S. government for blocking deal
Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel sued the U.S. government Monday for blocking the merger of the two companies.
Japan warns on speculative FX moves after yen hits six month low
The yen hit its lowest level against the dollar since July on Tuesday, prompting a warning from Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato over speculative moves.
2720 — the year when Japan is left with just one child
Children at a traditional festival in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday. A forecast made by Tohoku University professor Hiroshi Yoshida estimates that Japan will be left with just one child on Jan. 5, 2720, based on current birthrate trends.
‘Fracture’ dissects 100 years of Japanese graphic design
Ian Lynam's "Fracture" is the result of 15 years of research and production and excavates 100 years of Japanese graphic design history from the Meiji (1868-1912) to Showa eras (1926-89).
Taking a page from Ukraine war, SDF carves out growing role for drones
An Air Self-Defense Force airman sets up a drone during a bilateral live fire exercise at Draughon Range, near Misawa Air Base, in Aomori Prefecture in July 2023.
Japan’s ‘quiet revolution’ of luxury travel nears fruition
Scheduled to welcome its first guests in early 2025, the Waldorf Astoria Osaka is just one of many luxury hotel openings Japan has seen in recent months.
Brooklyn brewers take on sake, America's new hip tipple
A brewer stirs the mix for making sake at a brewery in Tokyo.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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