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MANGA

Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jan 9, 2014
Anime/manga experts hopeful for year ahead
Aside from Hayao Miyazaki's sudden departure from filmmaking in September, the anime world saw some potentially hopeful developments in 2013.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 9, 2014
Will Cool Japan finally heat up in 2014?
After years of talk, 2013 marked a watershed moment in the government's Cool Japan campaign. Which begs the question: Is Japan cool?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 21, 2013
Tropic of the Sea
Within the pages of Satoshi Kon's "Tropic of the Sea" is a scene that will send chills down the spine of anyone who witnessed footage of the tsunami that swept over coastal towns in Japan's Tohoku region on March 11, 2011. It's only two or three frames, but Kon's drawings of a large wave engulfing a...
Japan Times
CULTURE
Dec 19, 2013
Comiket, where otaku come to share the love
The Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, boasts an area of more than 80,000 sq. meters of exhibition space. It's the country's largest convention center and will host wrestling, fencing and taekwondo during the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 9, 2013
Otaku culture gets under the skin
Tattoos in Japan have long moved on from the kind often romanticized by the West — that imagery of flamboyant yakuza that so many seem reluctant to relinquish. But a brief glance at the policies of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto reveals a nation still unwilling to allow tattoos into mainstream society...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 30, 2013
Uzumaki
This 3-in-1 omnibus is the first time Junji Ito's late-'90s horror series "Uzumaki" has appeared bound together in English.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 12, 2013
Has anime lost its cachet in America?
I had been invited to host a Q&A with renowned "Gundam" creator and sci-fi novelist Yoshiyuki Tomino at The New York Anime Festival. But when my handler and I arrived at the designated room, we found it empty and dark. "Over here," a staffer called from across the hall. "Too many people."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2013
Kodansha manga to get same-day global release
Starting Wednesday, major publishing firm Kodansha Ltd. will make new manga installments digitally available in English worldwide on the same day they're released in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 26, 2013
Manga: Gekiga capture the underbelly of ’70s Japan
'I don't know much about manga but I know what I like' could well be the title of this review. Despite the urgings of enthusiastic friends ever since the 1970s, I sedulously avoided reading works in this genre.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 5, 2013
Lupin III still looks good at 40
One of Japan's most popular manga and anime series, Lupin III gets the exhibition treatment at the Kawasaki City Museum this month.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 5, 2013
Manga fans to gather in Kyoto for annual fair
Kyoto is well-known for temples, geisha and other pieces of Japan's past. This weekend, though, the city will be abuzz with the country's present treasured artifacts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2013
Spreading the word through manga
Videos of anime conventions in America greet visitors to Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art at this summer's "The Power of Manga — Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori" exhibition. Looped footage of attendants in cosplay at the Los Angeles Anime Expo and other similar events play, while a "prologue"...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 17, 2013
Burying the truth to survive in postwar, modern Japan
It is hardly necessary to note that comics and manga are capable of conveying just about anything. Philosophy? See Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente's Action Philosophers series. Travel? Try Guy Delisle's accounts of his sojourns in tourist hot spots such as Pyongyang and Shenzhen. Memoir? Yoshihiro Tatsumi's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 5, 2013
Mom who blogged about tsunami wants people to remember
Stranded for three days after March 11, 2011, with her mother-in-law and young children on the second floor of their home near the industrial port of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Naoko Nakayama fought panic by communicating the only way she could: scribbling on torn scraps of paper.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2013
'The Power of Manga: Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori'
Osamu Tezuka, creator of "Astro Boy" and "Black Jack," and Shotaro Ishinomori, the man behind the "Super Sentai" and "Kamen Rider" series, are regarded as two of the most influential manga artists in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2013
'Evangelion and Japanese Swords'
There have been many collaborations with the popular Japanese science-fiction manga and animated series "Evangelion," which have resulted in a range of licensed products — from eye drops to pachinko machines. For this touring exhibition, the series collaborates with the traditional craft of Japanese...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 18, 2013
The 'Sunny' side of Taiyo Matsumoto
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year's event, held in May, in many ways like an independent film festival,...
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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