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YO OIZUMI

An aspiring manga artist (Mei Nagano, center) is mentored by a gruff art teacher (Yo Oizumi, left) in ¡°Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey.¡±
CULTURE
May 1, 2025
¡®Blank Canvas¡¯: ¡®Tough love¡¯ of the past isn¡¯t so funny anymore
Based on an autobiographical comic about the road to becoming a manga artist, the film missteps by excusing violence with sentimental nostalgia.
A masterless samurai in 15th-century Japan (Yo Oizumi) leads a popular uprising against the authorities in ¡°Muromachi Outsiders.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jan 16, 2025
¡®Muromachi Outsiders¡¯: Yo Oizumi commands attention in rebellion tale
The actor convincingly breaks the mold of his comedy persona to inhabit the role of a sword-wielding folk hero in Yu Irie¡¯s period epic.
Yoji Yamada cast familiar faces in his latest heartwarming family drama ¡°Mom, Is That You?!¡± including veteran Sayuri Yoshinaga (right), who has appeared in three other Yamada films. Yoshinaga plays the mother of a stressed salaryman (Yo Oizumi, left) in the new film.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 15, 2023
Film veteran Yoji Yamada warms the soul with ¡®Mom, Is That You?!¡¯
Even after 60 years in the industry, the director continues to make hits. His latest offers a hearty helping of deeply felt human truths.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 1, 2022
¡®Phases of the Moon¡¯: A thoughtful yet unconvincing tale of rebirth
Ryuichi Hiroki¡¯s melodrama about reincarnation adeptly navigates multiple timelines with a sensitive touch while revealing unspoken Japanese beliefs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 1, 2021
¡®Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction¡¯ shows the gory details of modern-day publishing
Director Daihachi Yoshida brings a sympathetic lens to an industry in trouble in his film ¡°Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 25, 2021
¡®Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction¡¯: The politics of publishing can deliver a real bite
Warring editors of middling magazines go to battle over writers and readership in Daihachi Yoshida¡¯s intriguing drama about the publishing world.
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 20, 2016
¡®I Am a Hero¡¯: Japanese zombies pick up the pace
Horror films here have traditionally featured vengeful female ghosts, but Japanese filmmakers do also take cues from Hollywood, where zombies have long flourished since George Romero¡¯s seminal ¡°Night of the Living Dead¡± (1968) and ¡°Dawn of the Dead¡± (1978). Even so, Japanese zombie films, such as Hiroshi...
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.
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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