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SHERLOCK HOLMES

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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Jan 11, 2020
'The Honjin Murders': Japan's own Sherlock Holmes is on the case
'The Honjin Murders' is a classic murder mystery in which a newly married couple are found butchered by a Japanese sword inside a room locked from the inside.
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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 4, 2019
Giving Sherlock Holmes a new lease of life in Japan
Actor Hayato Kakizawa explains how he went from performing in 'Mary Poppins' to being picked to play Sherlock Holmes in Koki Mitani's new production
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 26, 2018
Yuko Takeuchi steps into an iconic role on 'Miss Sherlock' with elementary ease
Guinness World Records announced in 2012 that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was the most portrayed character on film and TV, depicted 254 times by more than 75 different actors.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 17, 2017
The extraordinary untold Japan story of 'You Only Live Twice'
On the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the fifth 'James Bond' film in Japan, we explore spy rings in Tokyo, a secretive Sherlock Holmes society and an Australian double agent behind 007's Japanese adventure.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2016
'Sherlock: The Abominable Bride' leaps off the BBC and into cinemas across Japan
Red alert to Sherlockians. You have likely been suffering from withdrawals after the cliffhanger finale to the BBC series "Sherlock," which left us on a veritable desert island without murder mysteries or the comforting presence of Martin Freeman as John Watson and — worst of all — no Benedict Cumberbatch...
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COMMUNITY / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 29, 2014
The confounding case of Japan's creativity crisis
The smartphone demands the attention and occupies the mind of its owner, crowding out the random impressions that — were they observed — might just lead to insights, ideas and novel solutions to seemingly intractable questions.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 28, 2013
Getting published is easy; getting noticed is trickier
How can writers make themselves heard in the age of blog and self-publishing saturation? Japan-based authors offer a diverse range of views

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