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KABUKI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2017
TV presenter Mao Kobayashi, 34, dies after battle with breast cancer
Popular television presenter Mao Kobayashi, 34, died Thursday night after a more than two-year battle with breast cancer, her husband and kabuki star Ebizo said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 21, 2017
Modern dramatist's 'dark and gorgeous' kabuki tests famed brothers
Life and death are major themes for artists, and for dramatists no less.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 22, 2016
Kabuki's Bando Tamasaburo V takes Kodo drum troupe in an artistic new direction with 'Spiral'
To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the internationally renowned Kodo drumming troupe staged three days of performances at Tokyo's Suntory Hall in mid-August, with a different theme for each show.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2016
'Scary Pictures of Ukiyo-e'
Aug. 2-Aug. 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 26, 2016
The Kabukiza's special August season of short plays looks set to be a scorcher
Kabuki never used to be performed in August at the Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo, but in 1990 two of its late, great actors, Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII and Bando Mitsugoro X, instigated the staging of short programs during that sweltering month to help expand the audience.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 7, 2016
'Boys over Flowers' blooms on stage
'One Piece," a new, modern entertainment-focused "Super Kabuki" play based on an eponymous manga series by Eiichiro Oda, closed last month after a hit Tokyo run that showed beyond doubt that manga-based productions are not the preserve of movies and television — where they have long been popular fare...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 31, 2015
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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 11, 2015
Let women and the world into kabuki and watch it flourish
Kabuki has the ability to enrich the imagination of the world; it should not be held back by insular vision and outmoded conservatism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 28, 2015
Young gun Kinoshita takes aim at tradition
Though for more than 300 years it's only been performed by men and boys, kabuki exists in the public imagination as actors engulfed in hair and makeup, wearing elaborate costumes and striking ostentatious poses on a vast stage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 14, 2015
Rising stars of kabuki run new-year Asakusa gauntlet
One of the major sightseeing spots in Tokyo, and indeed in Japan, is the city's oldest temple, Sensoji, which was founded in 645 in the Asakusa district of present-day Taito Ward. Though perpetually thronged with people, its beautiful precincts attract staggering numbers at New Year's, when this is invariably...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 22, 2014
Hit manga 'One Piece' to be adapted as kabuki
It's like putting old wine in new bottles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014
Kyoto Experiment marries form to cutting-edge content
Kyoto Experiment, the city's monthlong international performing-arts festival that debuted in 2010 and has been growing in popularity in the vanguard of contemporary performance every year since, is now set to embark on its fifth and most radical edition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 18, 2014
Cocoon Kabuki enters a new era
Theatre Cocoon in the Bunkamura performance-arts hub of Tokyo's vibrant Shibuya district has always been a popular venue specializing in new works by fresh contemporary writers. Emblematic of this is Cocoon Kabuki, its unique series begun in 1994 under the then Artistic Director Kazuyoshi Kushida.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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