Culture NEWSThumbelina’s bedtime is before 8. Her exhibition runs till 5 a.m.AEAƎApril 23, 2025 by AEAƎApril 23, 20250 A toddler’s solo art show lights up Tokyo’s nightlife, even though she’s asleep before her first guests arrive....
Culture NEWSThe floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanityAEAƎApril 20, 2025 by AEAƎApril 20, 20250 With “Takuro Tamayama: Floor,” the artist, at 34, has become the youngest person to ever hold a solo show at the Toyota Municipal Museum of...
Culture NEWSKyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strifeAEAƎApril 18, 2025 by AEAƎApril 18, 20250 Artists at the 13th edition of the international photography festival find humor and heart in their portrayals of humanity....
Culture NEWSIndonesia’s horror movie industry rises from the graveAEAƎApril 15, 2025 by AEAƎApril 15, 20250 Five of the top 10 films from 2024 were categorized as horror movies, a statistic that underscores just how popular the genre is....
Culture NEWSDigital divas: Can Japan’s virtual YouTuber craze crack America?AEAƎApril 14, 2025 by AEAƎApril 14, 20250 VTuber agency Cover Corp. recently opened a U.S. office to accelerate business in North America....
Culture NEWSThe band that turned a pandemic lockdown into a Tokyo dreamAEAƎApril 10, 2025 by AEAƎApril 10, 20250 On “Grand Voyage,” French pop act Tapeworms tap into Japanese cultural nostalgia and picopop....
Culture NEWS‘The Brothers Kitaura’: A sordid tale of filial improprietyAEAƎApril 10, 2025 by AEAƎApril 10, 20250 Masaki Tsujino’s dark comedy of errors unpacks family dysfunction and middle-class mediocrity....
Culture NEWSAuthors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AIAEAƎApril 4, 2025 by AEAƎApril 4, 20250 Writer Gail Renard explained the situation by saying, “If you stole a diamond ring there’d be consequences and there has to be consequences.”...
Culture NEWS‘Unreachable’: An attractive but half-baked fantasyAEAƎApril 3, 2025 by AEAƎApril 3, 20250 The combined talents of Suzu Hirose, Hana Sugimoto and Kaya Kiyohara can’t save this flimsy fantasy drama....
Culture NEWSAI may be coming for anime, but Hayao Miyazaki is irreplaceable, son saysAEAƎApril 2, 2025 by AEAƎApril 2, 20250 Goro Miyazaki says that though nothing can replicate the depth of his father’s work, new technology brings “great potential for unexpected talent to emerge.”...