There’s a lot to like in this two-part teen flick, but at four-and-a-half hours long there’s also just a lot of itAs is often the way with bowdlerised cinema adaptations of long-running anime series, the two-part version of Penguindrum – which original…
もっと読む »Japan’s over-75s are offered a painless death in exchange for a modest payment in Chie Hayakawa’s slow-burning filmIn a near-future Japan, the economic burden of an ageing population has become untenable. In response, the government has introduced Plan…
もっと読む »To combat an ageing population, a future Japan passes a law to pay older citizens to sign up for an easeful death, in this weird and poignant filmThis strange, melancholy film from Japan effectively makes the (unfashionable) case against euthanasia: th…
もっと読む »About 1,060 WWII prisoners died when the ship, which has now been found in the South China Sea, was sunk by an American missile in 1942Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or dail…
もっと読む »【5種類+α】無料の音声合成ソフト＆VOICEPEAKを聴き比べ（音読さん、CoeFont、VOICEVOX、COEIROINK、VOICEPEAK）
もっと読む »Existential quandaries meet expressionist monsters in Takahide Hori’s dystopian worldEnvisioning a dystopian future where humans inch closer to immortality while losing the ability to procreate, Takahide Hori’s stop-motion adventure journeys through a …
もっと読む »Exclusive: Conservation group Action for Dolphins has lodged a complaint with police, demanding the meat be removed from saleMarine conservation campaigners have lodged a complaint with police demanding that “toxic” dolphin meat be removed from sale in…
もっと読む »Foreign secretary says ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ is ‘critical to UK’ and releases manga-style cartoons to mark his visitJames Cleverly has arrived in Japan for a G7 foreign ministers’ summit to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, as the UK gover…
もっと読む »The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, was evacuated unharmed after a blast at a western port. A suspect was apprehended for allegedly throwing an explosive device, local media reported. NHK said the explosion occurred just before Kishida was abou…
もっと読む »Local authorities in Hokkaido issued and then retracted an alert that warned the missile could fall on the islandA missile launch by North Korea on Thursday morning caused fear and confusion in Japan after a government-run alert system warned residents…
もっと読む »For too long, the plant world has laughed at our puffy faces and runny noses. Finally there’s a plan to stop themWe should all realise by now that nature hates us. Plants use their roots to whisper among themselves, according to the latest research, co…
もっと読む »Calls for PM Fumio Kishida to eliminate ‘national disease’ as pollen from cedar and cypress trees makes life miserable for 40% of populationJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has vowed to fight the scourge of hay fever, calling the pollen allergy a…
もっと読む »Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8km underwater, setting a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded. The animal, an unknown snailfish species belonging to the genus Pseudoliparis, was filmed at a depth of 8,336 metres …
もっと読む »The seductively quirky sad-serious tone of the author is evident as a constellation of characters try and save the city – including a lost cat and a giant talkative frogJapanese novelist Haruki Murakami has inspired some prestigious movies, most recent…
もっと読む »This documentary about a small Japanese island, a once thriving mining outpost that now has only 100 residents, lightens its existential concerns with a focus on human connectionIn his second full-length documentary, Swiss director Andrea Pellerani giv…
もっと読む »As young stars smile brightly and declare their love for him, this documentary about a music svengali’s gruesome history of abuse is a rare and terrifying insight into how grooming worksHold on to your hats here but – I think it’s possible that the pat…
もっと読む »A taskforce of honest cops is assembled to tackle the gangsters menacing Kaiko City. Many punches are thrown in choreographed styleDirector Kensuke Sonomura started off as a stunt performer and coordinator, so it’s no surprise that his second directori…
もっと読む »The Your Name director’s mythic and comic new animation is an absorbing, intriguing and bewildering workHere is the new animation from the Japanese film-maker Makoto Shinkai, whose 2016 fantasy Your Name captured moviegoers’ imagination and led him to …
もっと読む »With 100m sales of its Switch console, a new Mario movie and even a California theme park, the Japanese tech giant is riding high again. What’s its secret?Every Nintendo fan remembers the game that converted them. Perhaps it was running and jumping aro…
もっと読む »昆布【】@kabu_kunbu絶対権力者なんだから選んだのも含め全て本人のせいだでしかない。2023/01/24 19:29:15※業績悪化の責任を関潤さんに押し付けた日本電産、永守重信さん直属の新体制でも大きめの下方修正（2023/01/24）
空き缶@akikankeri自身が復帰したことを正当化する…