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DURIAN SUKEGAWA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 14, 2018
¡®Sweet Bean Paste¡¯ offers an original take on the odd couple genre
Durian Sukegawa¡¯s novel is an original twist on the ¡®odd couple¡¯ genre, in which two unlikely companions find they have much to offer each other, and retains much of the humor that genre entails.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2015
Director Kawase disregards criticism of her sentimental leprosy drama ¡®An¡¯
When I first interviewed Naomi Kawase in 1998, after she won the Cannes Film Festival¡¯s Camera d¡¯Or award for her first feature, ¡°Moe no Suzaku¡± (¡°Suzaku¡°), I remarked on her ¡°quietly stubborn determination¡± to persist in the face of various detractors. If anything, criticism has increased in the intervening...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2015
Director Naomi Kawase has finally made a ¡®real Japanese film¡¯
Sooner or later, many Japanese directors ¡ª be they internationally acclaimed auteurs or industry outsiders ¡ª end up making what Sion Sono (a noted auteur/outsider himself) once described to me as ¡°a real Japanese film.¡± To put it simply, this sort of film is aimed squarely at the domestic audience,...
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.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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