Culture
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Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo
From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lif…
- AI (artificial intelligence), Japan, Technology, Virtual reality, Computing, World news, Musicals, Asia Pacific, Anime, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! review – trippy anime adapted from Japanese folk dives into virtual reality popworld
Emojis explode all over the screen in this hyperactive adaptation of a Japanese folk tale about a princess who…
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Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser seeks meaning in pointless Japanese role-play drama
Fraser plays a hapless Tokyo-based actor working for a firm that offers bespoke therapeutic role-play services…
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Escape review – notorious Japanese revolutionary tells story of country’s most wanted criminal
Director Masao Adachi – formerly of the Japanese Red Army – on the infamous Satoshi Kirishima, who went on the…
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Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure i…
- TV streaming, Japan, Animation on TV, World news, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Television, UK news, Anime, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power…
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‘We were treated like enemies of society’: Japan’s dangerous hardcore punk scene looks back to its roots
The pressure to conform in Japanese society made being a punk risky – even before you factor in the flamethrow…
- Toys, Japan, MANGA, Studio Ghibli, US news, Hong Kong, Asia Pacific, China, South Korea, Anime, Culture, Children
Labubus, TikTok and KPop Demon Hunters: how childhood went east Asian – podcast
Has east Asia replaced the US as the world’s cultural centre? With Jeff YangFrom matcha and bubble tea to mang…
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The world’s most sublime dinner set – for 2,000 guests! Hyakkō: 100+ Makers from Japan review
Japan House, LondonThe fruit of a two-year odyssey through the workshops of artisans using ancient techniques,…
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‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography
Unfettered love for late photographer in France and elsewhere stands in contrast to occasional reservations in…
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Japan releases playwright Jeremy O Harris three weeks after arrest for alleged drug smuggling
The Emily in Paris actor and writer of the Tony-nominated Slave Play remains in Japan while prosecutors invest…
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Playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan for alleged drug smuggling
The writer of the Tony award-nominated Slave Play remains in custody after authorities say they found MDMA in …
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Moving: an elegant portrait of 90s Japan through tweenage eyes
In this hypnotic, meditative film, a family’s breakdown sets a 12-year-old girl’s coming-of-age in motion as s…
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British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm
Move welcomed by critics, who have been calling for end to ‘morally unacceptable’ deals since 2016The British …
- Japan, MANGA, Comics and graphic novels, Science fiction and fantasy films, World news, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Books, Television, Anime, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution review – spectacular if baffling anime is out to thrill and bewilder
Remix of old and new material from TV series includes tremendous battle sequences but there’s an awful lot of …
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Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92
Star of Japan’s cinematic golden age, who collaborated with Kurosawa and played the lead in Kobayashi’s Human …
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100 Meters review – mesmerising anime of young athletes in search of physical and spiritual high
Dazzling rotoscoped running sequences make up for a lack of narrative subtlety in Kenji Iwaisawa’s filmMuch ha…
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Groundbreaking British Museum show set to challenge samurai myths
Exclusive: Exhibition will reveal complex reality, featuring women and artistic creations, beyond armour-clad …
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‘We stick two fingers up at Henry VIII’: can the riotous all-Japanese Six out-Tudor-queen the original?
The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osa…
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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc review – gore-soaked demonic anime squats in the manopshere
Tatsuki Fujimoto’s coming-of-age saga continues with a surreal encounter with a chainsaw-wielding demon living…