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The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
CULTURE
Jul 24, 2026
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Â鶹´«Ã½ cinematic memory
Formed in 2023 as the direct successor to a film processing lab, Toho Archive is at the forefront of preserving Â鶹´«Ã½ cinematic heritage.
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.
Season Two of ¡°Monarch: Legacy of Monsters¡± raises the stakes with bigger creature battles and expanding Monsterverse lore.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 7, 2026
¡®Monarch: Legacy of Monsters¡¯ loses its human touch in sprawling second season
The Apple TV series lets bloated and unwieldy storytelling overwhelm the sharp character work that once set it apart.
From left: Anna Sawai, Takehiro Hira, Ren Watabe and Kiersey Clemons star in the Apple TV series ¡°Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,¡± which returned for its second season last month.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Mar 16, 2026
¡®Monarch¡¯ unleashes more monster mayhem
Godzilla may loom large in the latest season of ¡°Monarch: Legacy of Monsters¡± ¡ª but the real battles are between family.
Mothra, a giant multicolored moth, is one of Toho Studios' movie monsters alongside Godzilla and King Ghidorah.
CULTURE / Books
Jan 11, 2026
¡®The Luminous Fairies and Mothra¡¯: This monster is not like the others
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra,¡± translated to English for the first time, provides deeper insight into the political context in Japan in the 1950s.
Actor Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet attend the Los Angeles premiere of ¡°Superman¡± at the TCL Chinese Theater on July 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2025
Hollywood has lost the plot on telling stories
Western culture seems to have reached an impasse ¡ª wistful for our youth and unable to come up with any new ideas.
A pirated DVD of the 1954 film "Godzilla", colorized and illegally sold without permission, on Tuesday in the city of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2025
Osaka man arrested for selling colorized ¡®Godzilla¡¯ film from 1954
Ippei Miyamoto, a part-time worker in the Osaka city of Toyonaka, has admitted to the allegation.
Artists offer their own interpretations of Japan's most famous monster at "Godzilla The Art Exhibition."
CULTURE / Art
May 31, 2025
¡®Godzilla The Art Exhibition¡¯ reimagines film icon as monstrous muse for modern art
The Mori Arts Center Gallery exhibition takes Â鶹´«Ã½ most famous monster beyond the world of filmmaking and asks nine artists to interpret the beast from their own point of view.
The film character Godzilla poses on the red carpet during a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, in November 2004. ?
COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2024
After nearly three-quarters of a century, Godzilla¡¯s monstrous empire is thriving
The famed Japanese monster went from serious metaphor for nuclear destruction to a kitschy pop culture icon.
Both Godzilla and Kong have a rich screen history to draw on, but ¡°Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire¡± feels like a desperate attempt for the crossover franchise to justify both its existence and its continuation.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2024
¡®Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire¡¯: Running out of steam
The latest in the Warner Bros. Monsterverse franchise shows signs of an anemic imagination.
People dressed as King Kong and Godzilla attend the world premiere of "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood last month.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 2, 2024
¡®Godzilla x Kong¡¯ tops North American box office with $80 million haul
Â鶹´«Ã½ favorite monster seems to be on a roll this year, winning an Oscar and topping the box office in a prized market.
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.
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
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 15, 2024
Giants¡¯ new Godzilla Yuto Akihiro taps into Hideki Matsui¡¯s teachings to level up
Akihiro is the latest player to try and walk in Matsui¡¯s footsteps.
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.
From movies, anime, manga and even to sports stars, 2023 was a year where global audiences demonstrated their increasing fondness for Japanese soft power.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 27, 2023
From Godzilla to Shohei: Â鶹´«Ã½ soft power had a big year
Little by little, Japan is getting better at pitching its copious wares overseas, and 2023 proved that.
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.
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.
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
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
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
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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