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GODZILLA MINUS ONE

A statue of Godzilla outside Toho's head office building in Tokyo
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2026
How many Godzillas is too many Godzillas?
Over the last decade, there have been two cinematic ¡°Godzillas¡± roaming the planet ¡ª one based in its native Japan, the other out of America.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi¡¯s ¡°Evil Does Not Exist,¡± released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
CULTURE / Film / 2024 in Review
Dec 20, 2024
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
International collaborations and indie risk-takers steered the film industry in a fresh direction in 2024.
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in ¡°Shogun.¡± Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
CULTURE / 2024 in Review
Dec 4, 2024
Â鶹´«Ã½ soft power soared to new heights in 2024
From Oscars and Emmys to a Nobel Peace Prize, it was a year of awards and triumphs in key cultural fields.
Takashi Yamazaki¡¯s ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± which won an Academy Award for best visual effects, was made for a reported $15 million ¡ª a small fraction of the budgets used by its Hollywood competitors.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 6, 2024
Japanese cinema is having a stand-out year. Here are some films to watch.
The success of ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± gave Â鶹´«Ã½ film industry a confidence boost, but we haven¡¯t been short on must-see hits in 2024.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2024
The night Godzilla trampled Hollywood
The humanity behind visual effects and animation won in the end, and Japan should be proud.
Takashi Yamazaki¡¯s ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± which won an Academy Award for best visual effects earlier this week, was made for a reported $15 million ¡ª a small fraction of the budgets used by its Hollywood competitors.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 14, 2024
¡®Godzilla Minus One¡¯ fought the odds and won big at the Oscars
Once mocked, the long-running monster franchise took on Hollywood¡¯s behemoths ¡ª and won.
Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima celebrated winning the Oscar for best visual effects on the Dolby Theatre stage in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2024
Oscars 2024: A night to remember for Japanese cinema
Filmmaking peers in Hollywood honor the excellence of two Japanese titans: Studio Ghibli and Godzilla
The title monster in ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± is a threat, of course, but the real story is about finding community in the wake of destruction.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2024
¡®Godzilla Minus One¡¯ stomps into ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ territory
Those movies, along with ¡°The Boy and the Heron,¡± are essentially in conversation about the moral weight of American and Japanese actions in World War II.
Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s ¡°The Boy and the Heron¡± received Golden Globes nominations for best animated motion picture and best original score for a motion picture this week.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 12, 2023
¡®The Boy and the Heron¡¯ and ¡®Godzilla Minus One¡¯ win over U.S.
While both Japanese films broke records at the North American box office, Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s latest also received two Golden Globes nominations.
Godzilla is presented with a certificate after being selected for Hollywood's Walk of Fame during a news conference in Tokyo in October 2004.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 6, 2023
New ¡®Godzilla¡¯ flick deftly tackles postwar Japan in cinematic triumph
Godzilla strikes again: New ¡®Minus One¡¯ movie is a visual spectacle that challenges Hollywood¡¯s big budget norms.
Director Wim Wenders served as president of the competition jury at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. Wenders' "Perfect Days," which opened the festival and features Koji Yakusho as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, is Â鶹´«Ã½ nominee for the Academy Awards¡¯ best international feature film category.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2023
¡®Perfect Days¡¯ and ¡®(Ab)normal Desire¡¯ turn heads at Tokyo International Film Festival
Wim Wenders¡¯ film opened the event, while Yoshiyuki Kishi¡¯s multilayered drama made a splash, taking both the Audience Award and the best director prize.
Â鶹´«Ã½ most famous monster attacks Tokyo just as the city is rebuilding itself from the destruction of World War II in ¡°Godzilla Minus One.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2023
¡®Godzilla Minus One¡¯: Legendary monster levels up visually
Admirable visual effects bring the beast to life in the franchise¡¯s newest entry, which looks more like the 1954 original than anything in decades.
From convenience stores and pizza franchises to makers of mattresses and whisky, businesses are looking to cash in on the popularity of "Godzilla Minus One."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 8, 2023
Latest Godzilla movie is a beast at the Japan box office
Boosted by mammoth marketing campaign, ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± racks up over ?1 billion in opening weekend.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
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
¡®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.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
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.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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