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Ceremony held for mangaka Takao Saito a year after passing
A farewell ceremony for mangaka Takao Saito, who died in September 2021 at age 84, was held in Tokyo...
September 30, 2022
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Mangaka Fujiko Fujio A’s final essay carried in manga magazine
An essay by mangaka Fujiko Fujio A, who died in April at 88, is being carried posthumously in an Oct...
September 16, 2022
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‘Cecil no Jo-o’ depicts intriguing lives of Elizabeth I, William Cecil
Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at 96. We tend to think of Britain as a country ruled by a queen ...
September 16, 2022
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Ichiro Mizuki shines on stage in show of fighting spirit
I went to a concert featuring Ichiro Mizuki for the first time in about 2½ years. It was at the anis...
September 9, 2022
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Singing the praises of 15th ‘One Piece’ film
In July, the manga marked the 25th anniversary of its serialization in weekly magazine Shukan Shonen...
August 26, 2022
Film & TV
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Television personality Neru Nagahama promotes sign language
TV personality and actor Neru Nagahama appears in a Japanese sign language education program on NHK-...
October 14, 2022
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Superhero actors meet audience after 3 years in Tokyo
In late August, I hosted the 20th edition of the “Akamatsuri” talk show. The show was held with an a...
October 14, 2022
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Open-air evening film festival in Tokyo returns after hiatus due to coronavirus
An open-air film festival that takes place in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, will go on for the first time si...
October 14, 2022
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‘Galileo’ duo reunited for latest movie release
The brilliant physicist Manabu Yukawa has made a comeback on the big screen! “Chinmoku no Parade” (“...
October 7, 2022
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Documentary shines spotlight on miscarriage of justice in 1967 murder case
A documentary about a man who was wrongly convicted in a 1967 murder-robbery case hits screens in th...
October 5, 2022
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Performing Arts
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Kikuchi, Tanaka bring ‘Dream Boys’ back
The “Dream Boys” are back! Fuma Kikuchi of the boy band Sexy Zone and Juri Tanaka of SixTONES are ...
September 23, 2022
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Kazuki Kato: ‘I want to stay a clumsy actor’
Kazuki Kato cuts a dashing figure on stage with his chiseled good looks and robust singing voice. Th...
September 9, 2022
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Morisaki aims to create his own character in ‘Pippin’
Morisaki aims to create his own character in ‘Pippin’ By Hiroaki Tagami / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Wr...
September 1, 2022
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Dairakudakan: Half-century of dancing in chalk-white makeup
Butoh dance company Dairakudakan is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1972, the...
August 5, 2022
Art
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Kyoto and Ukranian designers collaborate to aid reconstruction efforts
KYOTO — Six Kyoto firms that work with lacquerware, pottery and other traditional crafts are offerin...
October 13, 2022
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Industrial designer expresses himself with cardboard crafts
Masaki Odaka creates expressive and diverse figurines in his medium of choice — corrugated cardboard...
October 6, 2022
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Tokyo kids paint huge mural to thwart graffiti
Children on Sunday painted a large mural on an about 100-meter-wide wall in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in ...
October 4, 2022
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Builder gives clients commemorative works by disabled artists
Shimizu Corp., a major construction company based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is offering its clients paint...
September 29, 2022
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Artwork by student sells for $11,340 at Christie’s
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — A folding screen with a painting created by a Japanese student of a Tokyo Un...
September 21, 2022
Fashion
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Why Aoki stays strong despite Tokyo Games bribery scandal
The bribery scandal involving the selection of sponsor companies for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympi...
October 7, 2022
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Osaka association holds runway show for wheelchair users in Paris
PARIS — A runway show featuring clothing for wheelchair users was held by an Osaka-based fashion ass...
September 28, 2022
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Style of kariyushi wear extends beyond island
For business or pleasure with a dose of happiness and auspiciousness, don’t be seen in Okinawa witho...
September 8, 2022
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Okinawa’s bashofu textile endures into modern era
NAHA — Bashofu, a light, cool fabric well suited for a summer kimono, is a traditional textile of O...
September 7, 2022
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2 legendary designers share Tiger zodiac year in birth and death
Two iconic Japanese designers born in the Year of the Tiger died within a week of one another in Aug...
September 2, 2022
Music
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Glay’s new song questions war in Ukraine as Takuro hopes people take action
Unanswered questions about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine drove Takuro of rock band Glay to...
October 13, 2022
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Singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya makes Oricon history
Singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, 68, became the first person in Oricon Inc.’s history to have at le...
October 11, 2022
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Marugame group preserves historic link between German POWs, classic concert
TAKAMATSU — The performing of the chorus of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 has become a year-end ritual...
October 9, 2022
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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita seeks to scale new heights
Kyohei Sorita, an up-and-coming pianist who won second prize in last year’s Chopin Competition, is f...
September 29, 2022
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Police footage of Beatles tour to be released in censored form
Footage taken by police for security purposes during The Beatles’ tour of Japan in 1966 has been re...
September 23, 2022
Books & Literature
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French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux, who mined her own biography to explore life in France s...
October 6, 2022
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Writer Yu Miri wins 5th Berkeley Japan Prize
Writer Yu Miri has won the fifth Berkeley Japan Prize, which is awarded to individuals who have made...
September 29, 2022
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‘Haiku Herman’ speaks of allure, appeal of haiku
Herman Van Rompuy is a former prime minister of Belgium and the first president of the European Coun...
September 15, 2022
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How engineers enabled buildings to colonize the clouds
If King Kong were to visit New York today, he’d hardly recognize the place. The 381-meter Empire Sta...
September 4, 2022
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Eiko Kadono’s books have charmed children for decades
Books for children in Japan are rich and diverse. From the 1980s to the 1990s, the genre expanded be...
September 1, 2022
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