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CINEMAS

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 18, 2021
With 'Demon Slayer' rated R in the U.S., what do film ratings mean in Japan?
Eirin, Japan's film classification board, has to consider eight factors when rating a film: violence, nudity, sex, crime, drugs, terror, language and theme.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Corporate selloffs reflect tough times in Japan amid pandemic
Leading Japanese companies are considering selling off prestigious headquarters in central Tokyo as COVID-19 continues to reshape business operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2020
As cinemas struggle worldwide, Japan’s movie king Toho nears new high
The firm, which owns theaters and also produces movies, has seen its stock recover 45% from its March low.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2020
COVID-19 scary? Japan group offers coffins, zombies and chainsaws for stress relief
Finding the pandemic scary? A Japanese group is trying to take people's minds off COVID-19 — by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsaw-wielding zombies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 30, 2020
Independent cinema campaign meets donation goal
A crowdfunding campaign to save art houses reaches its donation goal as Japan's film industry grapples with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 16, 2020
The race to save Japan's independent cinemas
As Japan's film industry feels the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, campaigners take to crowdfunding to help save smaller cinemas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Mar 13, 2020
How the Japanese film industry is coping with the COVID-19 crisis
From cinema closures to business as usual, the film industry in Japan is employing its own methods to keep people safe and still watching films across the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 18, 2015
4D introduces new viewing option for 'Star Wars' fans
In preparation for the much-anticipated worldwide release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Toho Cinemas Ltd. has tripled its so-called 4D motion effects theaters to nine stretching from Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki and Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, to Nanba in Osaka.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2015
Sony expands 'The Interview' to pay-TV systems, more cinemas
Sony Pictures expanded its release of the Seth Rogen comedy "The Interview" to the largest pay-television services and to additional theaters after initial showings occurred without incident.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 26, 2014
U.S. moviegoers trumpet free speech as 'Interview' opens to sell-out cinema crowds
"The Interview," the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 cinemas across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing sell-out audiences in many theaters where outspoken patrons said they were championing freedom of expression....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 2, 2011
For movie freaks some good news and some bad news
Will the last picture show in Japan be in 3-D and only seen on multiplex screens?
South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan’s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.
Don’t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card — for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.

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