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GORO INAGAKI

Yumi Kawai delivers an impressive lead performance as a young drug addict trying to get her life back on track in Yu Irie¡¯s ¡°A Girl Named Ann.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2024
¡®A Girl Named Ann¡¯: A powerful drama loses its way
The lead actor sinks deep into her role, performing without a hint of vanity or the actorly tics.
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.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2022
¡®By the Window¡¯ offers a cinematic lesson in taking your time
Director Rikiya Imaizumi throws convention aside to focus on complex characters that audiences can relate to in his new film, which won the Audience Award at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 23, 2021
Former SMAP stars test broadcast television¡¯s relevance
Rival talent agencies move into the void left by Â鶹´«Ã½ former J-pop kings.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 25, 2020
¡®Tezuka¡¯s Barbara¡¯: A dazzlingly dull descent into madness
Macoto Tezka¡¯s adaptation of his father¡¯s racy 1970s manga is visually intoxicating, but liable to leave viewers with a hangover.
CULTURE / Entertainment news / Heisei Icons,Heisei Icons
Apr 7, 2019
SMAP: The pop idol media monopoly that dominated the Heisei Era
Many can¡¯t let go of the most successful male idol group the Heisei Era and continue to share favorite songs and clips of the outfit on sites such as Twitter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2019
¡®Another World¡¯: An uneasy reunion for old friends
While the jury at last year¡¯s Tokyo International Film Festival made some unimpeachable selections, it was left to viewers to supply the biggest surprise of the event. ¡°Another World¡± was an unexpected choice for the Audience Award, which typically goes to more comedic fare in the vein of 2017 winner...
CULTURE / Film
Apr 11, 2018
¡®The Bastard and the Beautiful World¡¯: Former SMAP stars let loose in a quartet of twisted tales
The members of SMAP, the five-man mega-group that disbanded in December 2016, had their share of hit films, though their central field of operation was always television. Now three of them ¡ª Goro Inagaki, Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi ¡ª star in a four-part omnibus film with a limited release,...
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 22, 2017
Ex-SMAP trio launch fan site hinting at October debut under new management
Three ex-members of the disbanded all-male pop group SMAP have launched an official fan site with a video alluding to freedom from the group¡¯s past troubles and a fresh start under new management.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 25, 2016
Love ¡®em or hate ¡®em, the end of SMAP marks the end of an era
The Olympics have always been popular in Japan, and this year¡¯s games in Rio de Janeiro were no exception. While NHK was broadcasting the games in the early hours of Aug. 14, a breaking news message flashed across the screen: ¡°SMAP to disband Dec. 31.¡±
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 22, 2016
NNN Document 16; Fukigen-na Kajitsu; WOWOW
Tokai Television has become an expert on the subject of adoption in Japan, and this Sunday it will air the latest installment in its series ¡°NNN Document 16¡± (Nippon TV, 12:55 a.m.)
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.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
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
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
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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