After 70 years of stasis, a new Niigata sake brewery is winning awards
Tokamachi, Niigata Pref. – Niigata Prefecture’s farmers produce the most rice out of any region in J ...View More
Komeito aims to merge with CRA before next parliamentary session
Opposition party Komeito plans to have its members in parliament join the Centrist Reform Alliance b ...View More
How Kojima made a destination out of denim
Kurashiki, Okayama Pref. – The first thing you notice when arriving in Kojima is how much the t ...View More
Bilingual speech club offers freedom to be yourself
Giving a speech about sex, cultural identity or underwear thieves to a live audience might not be ev ...View More
TV Tairiku Ondo channels the chaotic creativity of youth
Ryuji Chiyotani has the audience at Shimokitazawa’s Basement Bar in his thrall as he hollers into th ...View More
Musk’s SpaceX prices record $75 billion IPO at $135 a share
NEW YORK – SpaceX on Thursday priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering at $135 per share ...View More
‘New Group’ has big ideas but wobbly foundations
Conformity takes corporeal form in “New Group.” Yuta Shimotsu’s sophomore feature continues in the a ...View More
Meiko Kaji studied hard to smolder on screen
A breakout star of hyperviolent action movies in the early 1970s, Meiko Kaji is best known for Toei’ ...View More
U.S. renews Iran attacks as Trump vows to hit ’hard’
Washington – The United States launched a new wave of attacks against Iran on Wednesday, with Presid ...View More
Former Lower House speaker Yohei Kono dies at 89
Yohei Kono, a former speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, d ...View More
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