1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (187+ words) The Japan Times Movies are an unreliable yardstick for gauging the most pressing social issues of the day But based on what's been playing in Japanese theaters over the past year, you might conclude that Tokyo's Kabukicho neighborhood is one…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (144+ words) The Japan Times The second Music Awards Japan will culminate in a grand ceremony on June 13 at Toyota Arena Tokyo, capping a week of events set to begin June 5. At a press conference last week, organizers confirmed a slate of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (165+ words) The Japan Times Movie posters, film cels and illustrations of iconic anime characters " from Studio Ghibli's Totoro to Doraemon " went on sale Wednesday as Christie's auction house aims to broaden its Japan art offerings with its first anime-focused online auction....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (281+ words) The Japan Times This is a good month to be a fan of old anime March 6 saw a 4 K cinematic rerelease of 'Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade,' a 25-year-old political thriller directed by Hiroyuki Okiura ('A Letter to Momo') and penned…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (132+ words) Publisher Shogakukan apologizes for rehiring author after sexual misconduct'The Japan Times Major Japanese publisher Shogakukan is in hot water for rehiring an author convicted of sexual assault to write for its platform, the Manga One app, and allowing him to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (120+ words) The Japan Times March basho opens with Aonishiki on verge of historic promotion Perhaps it's the warm breezes and first blossoms that always signal the imminent arrival of spring, but the leadup to the March basho inevitably creates a sense…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (163+ words) The Japan Times Niigata - The third annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival (NIAFF), held last March, ended with the announcement that the next edition of the festival would take place from Feb 20 to 25, 2026 But behind the scenes, the festival's future…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (104+ words) The Japan Times Netflix deal shuts out Japan's sports bars from freely showing WBC With the 2026 World Baseball Classic set to start Thursday, those planning to cheer on Samurai Japan alongside fellow fans at a sports bar might find themselves…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (130+ words) The Japan Times Japanese publisher Shogakukan said it will establish a third-party committee to investigate the company's decisions to publish works by two manga artists on its manga app despite knowing of their past sex crime convictions. Shogakukan was found…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (220+ words) A new, sprawling exhibition about the seminal cyberpunk franchise "Ghost in the Shell" celebrates 30 years of cultural influence. Masamune Shirow's 'Ghost in the Shell' is one of the seminal works of cyberpunk manga But I'd wager that most people who…...