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BALLET

Sakura Nagai performs at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow on Saturday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 6, 2026
Japanese dancers win ballet prizes in Moscow
Ryoma Hudzeleu won gold in the senior men¡¯s solo category at the International Ballet Competition. Sakura Nagai received the bronze medal in the girls¡¯ solo category.
In 2019, Saitama Arts Theater started permitting children under 3 to some of its shows. Previously, children under 4 were not permitted.
CULTURE / Stage
May 3, 2026
No longer shushed: Â鶹´«Ã½ cultural venues make room for children
From ballet to museums, cultural institutions are adapting to the needs of families with young children.
Enamored with Western-style painting, Fujiko¡¯s (voiced by Ami Toma) dream of becoming an artist leads her to Paris in ¡°Samurai Ballerina: L¡¯etoile de Paris en fleur.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Mar 19, 2026
¡®Samurai Ballerina¡¯ pirouettes through Belle Epoque Paris with uneven grace
Known for franchise hits and sci-fi anime, Goro Taniguchi takes a very different turn, sending two young artists from Japan to chase their dreams in early 20th-century Paris.
Across genres, performing arts this year were collaborating, experimenting and touring the world.
CULTURE / Stage / 2025 IN REVIEW
Dec 19, 2025
Tradition, remixed: A year on Â鶹´«Ã½ stages
From kabuki¡¯s newfound fans to experimental theater¡¯s widening scope, Â鶹´«Ã½ performing arts scene spent 2025 reaching outward.
In a rare meeting of ballet and butoh dance ¡ª a first for K-Ballet Opto ¡ª butoh company Dairakudakan and its founder, Akaji Maro, will dance alongside ballet dancers.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2025
A rare dance trinity: Ballet, butoh and kabuki share the stage
In the uncertain realm between life and death dwell mystical creatures ¡ª tengu demons, y¨­kai folklore monsters and spirits of the dead. It¡¯s these shadows that choreographer and director Kaiji Moriyama explores in K-Ballet Opto¡¯s ¡°A Dance Remembered in Tohno,¡± premiering Dec. 26 at Tatemono...
Miyako Yoshida, artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan, speaks during an interview on Tuesday in London.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 25, 2025
National Ballet of Japan stages first overseas performance in London
Thursday¡¯s show was the first of a total of five performances scheduled through Sunday.
¡°Giselle¡± lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 9, 2025
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
Returning to Japan for the American ballet company¡¯s first international tour since 2022, several dancers speak about why they moved overseas.
Natsuki Sugimoto performs at the Youth America Grand Prix international youth ballet competition in Tampa, Florida, on Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025
Two Japanese place first in international youth ballet competition
¡°I want to become a dancer who stands in the center of the stage and makes the whole audience smile,¡± said Natsuki Sugimoto, of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.
"Giselle¡± is a ballet telling the story of a peasant girl that dies from a broken heart and the supernatural revenge and haunting that follow.
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 11, 2025
National Ballet of Japan takes its ¡®Giselle¡¯ to Royal Opera House in London
First staged in 2022 to celebrate the NBJ¡¯s 25th anniversary season, Miyako Yoshida¡¯s production is revived for the first time with several Tokyo shows in April.
K-Ballet Tokyo celebrates its 25th anniversary with an extended lineup including a revival of the vibrant pirate-story ballet "Le Corsaire."
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 15, 2025
K-Ballet Tokyo marks 25 years of passion and perseverance
The dance company celebrates a milestone anniversary with an extended lineup including a revival of the vibrant pirate-story ballet ¡°Le Corsaire.¡±
People walk through Vilnius, Lithuania, on Dec. 17. Lithuania¡¯s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky¡¯s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia.
WORLD / Society
Dec 22, 2024
A cultural casualty of the war in Ukraine: ¡®The Nutcracker¡¯
Many in the art world oppose banning works on the basis of their nationality, believing that culture has the power to unite and should not be contaminated by politics.
The Tokyo Ballet¡¯s 60th anniversary program includes Maurice Bejart¡¯s famous shorts, such as ¡°Bolero.¡±
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 13, 2024
The Tokyo Ballet marks year of rebirth with tributes to history and innovation
Long-time collaborator Bejart Ballet Lausanne brings masterworks to Japan for The Tokyo Ballet¡¯s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Sapporo native Yuna Yamada competes during a U.S. ballet contest in New York on April 11.
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 21, 2024
Japanese dancer Yuna Yamada wins first place in U.S. ballet contest
¡°I want to be a dancer influential enough to make the audience smile,¡± said Yamada, 12, from Sapporo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2023
Japanese ballet troupe presents its spin on plastic waste
¡®Plastic,¡¯ a new production by renowned Japanese company K-Ballet, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some unusual set and wardrobe design.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2022
¡®Princes can be Asian, too¡¯: A dancer breaks barriers in ballet
Chun Wai Chan is the first principal dancer from China in New York City Ballet¡¯s 74-year history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
War brings new Iron Curtain down on Russia¡¯s storied ballet stages
Ballet in Russia is something of a national pastime ¡ª a cultural jewel, but also the focus of intense emotion and close scrutiny by its discerning audiences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 4, 2019
The Royal Ballet brings the best of British ballet to Japan with its production of ¡®Don Quixote¡¯
For ballet fans across Japan, The Royal Ballet represents the pinnacle in dance, and its upcoming summer tour of Tokyo and Yokohama from June 21 to 30 keeps expectations high.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 4, 2019
The Tokyo Ballet¡¯s ¡®Swan Lake¡¯ gives fans a fresh take on a classic and an uplifting ending
Picture the scene: The Black Swan seduces the Prince away from the White Swan princess for one of the most timeless love triangles ever enacted on stage. Even those who aren¡¯t fans of dance are familiar with ¡°Swan Lake.¡± As Yukari Saito, artistic director of The Tokyo Ballet, puts it, ¡°Swan Lake is synonymous...
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2019
Three Japanese win prizes at Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland
Â鶹´«Ã½ Sumina Sasaki won third prize Saturday at this year¡¯s Prix de Lausanne, a prestigious international competition for young ballet dancers.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2018
Japanese teen tops Youth America ballet competition in New York
Yuma Matsuura of Japan has won the senior age division at the Youth America Grand Prix audition for promising young ballet dancers, the organizer said Friday.
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Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
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Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
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A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
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Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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