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TAKAKO MATSU

A 45-year-old widow (Takako Matsu) repeatedly travels back in time to meet her future ¡ª and late ¡ª husband (Hokuto Matsumura) in ¡°First Kiss.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Feb 6, 2025
¡®First Kiss¡¯: Time-traveling romantic drama isn¡¯t afraid of a few wrinkles
Ayuko Tsukahara¡¯s high-concept love story has wit and wisdom to spare with an endearing screen couple at its center.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 3, 2022
¡®The Zen Diary¡¯: Simple life lessons to feed the soul
Yuji Nakae¡¯s foodie drama, adapted from a 1978 book by the late Tsutomu Mizukami, plays out like a feature-length episode of ¡°Chef¡¯s Table.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 16, 2020
¡®Last Letter¡¯: Love letter delivers sweetness and slush
Takako Matsu reunites with director Shunji Iwai to play a middle-aged woman who exchanges letters with her late sister¡¯s high school flame.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 24, 2016
¡®Tunnels¡¯ I Am the King of Sports¡¯; ¡®Normal Is the Best¡¯; Asahi Beer
You may wonder what former New York Yankee slugger Hideki Matsui has been up to since he retired several years ago. Well, one thing he¡¯s been doing is appearing on the sports variety show ¡°Tunnels no Sports O wa Ore da¡± (¡°Tunnels¡¯ I Am the King of Sports¡°; TV Asahi, Sun., 8:58 p.m.), hosted by the comedy...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 8, 2015
How do you cure an allergy to money?
When is a ¡°multitalented¡± person too ¡°multi¡°? Where is the line between extending your creative energies in new directions and spreading yourself thin?
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.

Podcast

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

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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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