The Sad Reason We Don’t See Many Japanese Pirate Movies The 16th-century Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga was so good at murder that history —and with…
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Sumire: Sharing Hope of a Better Future The same day we meet Sumire Matsubara for our interview, she later shares with her…
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DJ Charlie Sparks on His Latest Release, Moments Vol. 2 At 23 years old, Charlie Sparks has infiltrated two fields hardly welcoming of such young…
TW Pop Culture Update: The Shrinking World of Japanese Entertainment It’s been two months since Arashi went on indefinite hiatus, and many are still having…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: Shall We Slay Demons or Sith Lords? Tsuyoku… nareru… riyuu wo shitta… Rarely a day goes by that these magic words (and the…
On this Day in Japan: Nintendo Released the First Pokemon Games On this day 25 years ago, Nintendo released two versions of a role-playing game that…
10 Questions With Katsura Sunshine, Second Western Rakugo Comedian in History Katsura Sunshine made an immediate impression on me. His happy-go-lucky energy was tangible even through…
Suicide Forest Village and the Anatomy of Japanese Horror If there’s one thing that can be said about Takashi Shimizu, it’s that he finds…
17 Things To Do in Tokyo and at Home This Weekend: February 26-28 The weather is warming up and with it the compulsion to explore and discover. Luckily,…
TW Pop Culture Update: Japanese Celebrities Get “Busy” The Japanese government has been trying for years to improve the country’s birth rate by…
“Adult’s Situation” – A Silly Comedy Shot Like a Murder Mystery Movie There is a scene in Michio Mitsuno’s newest film where a character lifts up her…
An Evening at a Virtual Maid Café in Japan When it first opened in 2019, Akiba Zettai Ryoiki A.D. 2045 quickly made headlines as the world’s…
17 Things To Do in Tokyo and at Home This Weekend: January 29-31 After two days of rain and cold, we can only hope that the last weekend…
