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Lead actors Sara Klimoska (fourth from left) and Filip Trajkovikj (fourth from right) and producer Jane Kortoshev (third from right) accepted the Tokyo Grand Prix for "Sister Brother Manhole Cover."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 4, 2026
‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ wins top prize at Tokyo International Film Festival
Directed by Milcho Manchevski, the film took the Tokyo Grand Prix, earning top honors among 15 entries in the Competition section.
Atsuko Ninagawa, co-founder of Art Week Tokyo, wants to “create opportunities for others and strengthen broader discussions about art.”
CULTURE / Art
Nov 4, 2026
Art Week Tokyo’s Atsuko Ninagawa wants to connect the city’s scattered art scene
The fifth edition brings together 56 venues and international participants for five days of exhibitions, conversations and creative exchange.
Yasuhiko Mitani is the subject of a new food documentary titled “MITANI - The Mariage of Sushi.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2026
After ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi,’ ‘Mitani’ tells a different sushi story in San Sebastian
The film moves beyond sushi’s polished international image to explore the man, philosophy and discipline behind the craft.
A large inflatable mannequin depicts artist Yayoi Kusama over Louis Vuitton’s flagship store in Paris in 2023. The collaboration reflects the extraordinary reach Kusama achieved during her lifetime, as her art moved from galleries and museums into global popular culture.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2026
When infinity becomes finite: How will Yayoi Kusama’s death influence the art market?
There will be no new Kusamas, but rarity is another matter. Her death exposes the very different kinds of scarcity within her vast body of work.
Hiro Murai poses with the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for "Widow's Bay" during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. He is the first director of Asian descent to win the category.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Sep 16, 2026
Who is Hiro Murai, the Tokyo-born director who made Emmy history?
Murai’s work with Donald Glover helped define “Atlanta” and “This Is America” before his Emmy-winning turn on “Widow’s Bay.”
Visitors view a polka-dotted pumpkin by artist Yayoi Kusama at the Taipei International Art Fair on Nov. 19, 1998. The dots would become one of the most recognizable motifs in contemporary art.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2026
Yayoi Kusama’s polka dots were never just dots
Yayoi Kusama, who died at 97 last month, turned hallucinations and a fear of self-obliteration into a global visual language.
The Rabbit Hole is helping redefine Okayama as a contemporary-art destination.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 4, 2026
Before the art islands, a reason to stop in Okayama
The Rabbit Hole and Fukuoka Shoyu Gallery make Okayama a contemporary-art destination before visitors reach the Seto Inland Sea.
Music fans gathered at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture for the 2026 Fuji Rock Festival, held from July 24 to 26.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 29, 2026
This year, Fuji Rock rediscovered its nerve
From cult favorites to future stars, Fuji Rock rewarded listeners willing to wander beyond the biggest names.
Tea practitioner Fukutaro Nakayama moved through the space of KAIT Plaza preparing tea for each guest next to them.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 13, 2026
A sensory encounter at rare architectural gem KAIT Plaza
KAIT Plaza, usually a student hangout, became a one-day tea ceremony and sound experience.
Across Kojima, production facilities handle different stages of denim-making, from sewing and washing to finishing and quality control.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 13, 2026
How Kojima made a destination out of denim
In Okayama Prefecture, an old textile town has turned jeans into a source of craft, identity and tourism.
Shueisha is one of the major Japanese manga publishers and its Weekly Shonen Jump has been awarded the Guinness World record for bestselling manga magazine in 2022.
CULTURE / Books
May 26, 2026
Shueisha turns 100 with an eye on the future of manga
今日吃瓜 record-breaking manga publisher Shueisha marks 100 years in the business with a slew of projects that make its titles more accessible to readers.
Visitors can explore a life-size version of Carl Fredricksen’s house in the “Mundo Pixar Experience” exhibition’s “Up” area.
CULTURE / Film
May 15, 2026
‘Mundo Pixar Experience’ feels like a homecoming in Tokyo
Packed crowds and long queues aside, the sprawling exhibition succeeds by transforming animated nostalgia into a tactile experience.
As Tokyo's public bathhouses age, many are embracing more contemporary aesthetics to stay relevant for a younger class of customer.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 13, 2026
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
To stay relevant and attract new customers, public bathhouses and saunas are trading weary grandeur for contemporary cool.
The Sui Collection, a Cabinet Office-backed showcase of traditional Japanese artisanship, is visually stunning, but what is lost in translation when the state is a partner in cultural communication?
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 28, 2026
What happens when Japan curates its aesthetic for the world?
The Sui Collection of traditional artistry demonstrates how Japan wants to be seen — both domestically and abroad.
Rob Brown (left) and Sean Booth performed a recent Tokyo gig in almost complete darkness.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2026
No lights, total immersion: Autechre’s ‘pitch-black’ Tokyo show
At Zepp DiverCity, Autechre stripped a Tokyo concert of sight, saturating the room with sound — and controversy.
Designtide Tokyo returns for a final weekend of a designer-run marketplace, including one student exhibitor chosen to join the main field of professionals.
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 20, 2025
Designtide Tokyo 2025 closes this weekend with a creator-led marketplace
After returning in 2025 following a 12-year break, the event finished with a chance for designers and buyers to meet face to face.
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2025
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 countries scoured Tokyo’s streets for discarded wrappers, crushed cans and cigarette butts.
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2025
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
Five films screened at this year’s TIFF put migration and its human impact front and center.
“KPop Demon Hunters” director Maggie Kang discussed how she fused Korean folklore with K-pop spectacle at Netflix’s Creative Asia event in Busan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 5, 2025
With Hollywood facing headwinds, Netflix looks eastward
The streamer’s Creative Asia event at the Busan International Film Festival unveiled new initiatives designed to expand the region’s storytelling role.
Park Chan-wook (center) attended the Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony with “No Other Choice" cast members on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 19, 2025
Park Chan-wook’s sharp satire ‘No Other Choice’ opens Busan festival
The director’s socially charged murder-comedy made its Asian premiere at the film festival on Wednesday.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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