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Akira review – apocalyptic anime’s startling message of global annihilation
The landmark Japanese cyberpunk animation from 1988 re-emerges as a deeply strange nightmare about destruction…
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Mieko Kawakami: ‘Women are no longer content to shut up’
Traditionalists in Japan hated her feminist novel, but Breasts and Eggs was a huge bestseller. The author talk…
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The soul of Tokyo: unseen shots from a Japanese master – in pictures
Issei Suda is regarded as one of the most important names in Japanese photography. The striking world he captu…
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Top 10 books about Tokyo | Nick Bradley
From quiet stories of domestic life to accounts of horrific crime, these books introduce the reader to a vast,…
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Haruki Murakami to host lockdown radio show in Japan
Novelist and well-known music enthusiast will present the Stay Home Special ‘to blow away some of the corona-r…
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My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising review – workies save the world
Apprentice superheroes fight the forces of evil in an anime adventure overloaded with Japanese bizarro zealA s…
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The kimono – from costume to catwalk
From the 17th to the 20th century the kimono was the principal piece of clothing in Japan for both men and wom…
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One Piece: Stampede review – piratical manga mayhem
This imaginative carnival of battling buccaneers makes Pirates of the Caribbean look like Swallows and Amazons…
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Travels with a Writing Brush edited by Meredith McKinney review – the joy of Japanese travel writing
Spanning more than 1,000 years, this is a remarkable work filled with wonderful vignettes of Japanese life and…
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Proof of the pudding is in spotted dick | Brief letters
Oldest novels | Pre-Raphaelite female artists | Puddings and afters | Risky Brexit manoeuvreOn what basis is T…
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Lost chapter of world’s first novel found in Japanese storeroom
A fifth part of The Tale of Genji, which was completed around 1010 by a woman later named Murasaki Shikibu, ha…
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Passionate, tender, heartbreaking … letters reveal Leonard Bernstein’s 10-year secret affair
The West Side Story composer met and fell in love with a young Japanese fan on tour and their romance lasted u…
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Michael Wolf obituary
Photographer who concentrated on the high-density architecture of Hong KongAfter moving on from a successful c…