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'your name.' Draws Modern Love Film from Ancient Poem
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JAPAN TODAY
LOS ANGELES — A thousand-year-old Japanese poem inspired filmmaker Makoto Shinkai to create “your name.,” an animated story that weaves love and time travel into what he called a message of hope for Japanese millennials.
“your name.” (Kimi No Na Wa) follows Mitsuha, a young girl fed...
LOS ANGELES — A thousand-year-old Japanese poem inspired filmmaker Makoto Shinkai to create “your name.,” an animated story that weaves love and time travel into what he called a message of hope for Japanese millennials.
“your name.” (Kimi No Na Wa) follows Mitsuha, a young girl fed...
- April 10, 2017
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Leiji Matsumoto Surfs the Floating World
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JAPAN TIMES
The work of manga artist Leiji Matsumoto mixes historical periods, themes and technologies, often in a science-fiction setting: His signature comics involve steam locomotives and reborn World War II battleships sailing among the stars. These grand flights of fancy, which have found ...
The work of manga artist Leiji Matsumoto mixes historical periods, themes and technologies, often in a science-fiction setting: His signature comics involve steam locomotives and reborn World War II battleships sailing among the stars. These grand flights of fancy, which have found ...
- April 7, 2017
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Abe Brushes Off Fears of Threats to Civil Rights by Conspiracy Bill
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dismissed opposition parties’ concerns that a contentious bill that would punish the planning of certain crimes, ostensibly as a counterterrorism measure, could threaten civil rights.
“It is completely unnecessary to be concerned that (t...
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dismissed opposition parties’ concerns that a contentious bill that would punish the planning of certain crimes, ostensibly as a counterterrorism measure, could threaten civil rights.
“It is completely unnecessary to be concerned that (t...
- April 7, 2017
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Author Murakami Calls For Fight Against History Revisionism
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author perennially pegged as a contender for the Nobel literature prize, has called for a fight against historical revisionism in a rare interview with Japanese media published on Sunday.
His comments came after a successful Japanese hotel chain...
TOKYO — Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author perennially pegged as a contender for the Nobel literature prize, has called for a fight against historical revisionism in a rare interview with Japanese media published on Sunday.
His comments came after a successful Japanese hotel chain...
- April 3, 2017
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Charge of Perjury Mulled for Kagoike
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The ruling parties are examining the Diet testimony by Yasunori Kagoike of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, with an eye on charging him with perjury if they judge it to be false. Kagoike was summoned to the budget committees of both chambers of the Diet as a sworn witness over th...
The ruling parties are examining the Diet testimony by Yasunori Kagoike of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, with an eye on charging him with perjury if they judge it to be false. Kagoike was summoned to the budget committees of both chambers of the Diet as a sworn witness over th...
- April 1, 2017
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Japanese Rail Company Uses Ukiyo-e Posters to Ask Commuters to Mind Their Manners On the Train
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ROCKET NEWS
The ever-growing series of traditional artworks is grabbing everyone’s attention for its beauty and humour.
One of the many things we love about Japan is the way that art blends into everyday public life. Whether it’s custom-wrapped trains, plastic food replicas, or Hello Kitty-ador...
The ever-growing series of traditional artworks is grabbing everyone’s attention for its beauty and humour.
One of the many things we love about Japan is the way that art blends into everyday public life. Whether it’s custom-wrapped trains, plastic food replicas, or Hello Kitty-ador...
- March 31, 2017
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Ex-Ladybaby Members Release 1st Major Single
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, two of the former members of Ladybaby, have made their major-label debut as The Idol Formerly Known As Ladybaby.
The new single is titled “Sanpai! Goshuin girls ☆” (King Records) — “sanpai” meaning “worship visit” and “goshuin” meaning stamps visitors...
Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, two of the former members of Ladybaby, have made their major-label debut as The Idol Formerly Known As Ladybaby.
The new single is titled “Sanpai! Goshuin girls ☆” (King Records) — “sanpai” meaning “worship visit” and “goshuin” meaning stamps visitors...
- March 29, 2017
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Okinawan Governor Attends Rally to Protest U.S. Base Relocation
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JAPAN TODAY
NAHA — Okinawan Gov Takeshi Onaga took part in a rally held Saturday to protest against the relocation of a U.S. military base to the northern part of the prefecture, vowing to revoke his predecessor’s approval of land reclamation.
It is the first time that the governor, who was ele...
NAHA — Okinawan Gov Takeshi Onaga took part in a rally held Saturday to protest against the relocation of a U.S. military base to the northern part of the prefecture, vowing to revoke his predecessor’s approval of land reclamation.
It is the first time that the governor, who was ele...
- March 25, 2017
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Yoshiki Reflects on X Japan’s History
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Rock band X Japan is revving up their activities.
On March 4, the band performed before about 10,000 people at The SSE Arena, Wembley (formerly known as Wembley Arena), in London, while
“We Are X,” a documentary film about the history of the band, is currently showing in cinemas ...
Rock band X Japan is revving up their activities.
On March 4, the band performed before about 10,000 people at The SSE Arena, Wembley (formerly known as Wembley Arena), in London, while
“We Are X,” a documentary film about the history of the band, is currently showing in cinemas ...
- March 25, 2017
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60-year-old Grandma Does Funky Rice Dance in Tokyo
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JAPAN TRENDS
How cool is this grandma? Cool enough to do a perfectly choreographed “kome dance” (rice dance) with two other female performers (approximately 40 years younger) in kimono.
If you eat plenty of rice, then it seems you are destined to live as long as this 60-year-old lady and stil...
How cool is this grandma? Cool enough to do a perfectly choreographed “kome dance” (rice dance) with two other female performers (approximately 40 years younger) in kimono.
If you eat plenty of rice, then it seems you are destined to live as long as this 60-year-old lady and stil...
- March 24, 2017
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