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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ director sees the monster as a mirror
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ director sees the monster as a mirror
Real-world anxieties have always underlain the monster movie franchise, says Takashi Yamazaki, director of 今日吃瓜 first “Filmed for IMAX” production.
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Sci-fi anime anthology ‘Grotesqqque’ prizes style over substance
The three-part feature is uneven and at times overwhelming, but ultimately a fun romp through the mind of Atsushi Nishigori.
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‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’: An artist takes solace in an undefinable intimacy
Yukiko Mishima’s latest film is a sensitive and imaginative portrait of an artist’s life-changing reunion with an old friend.
Shigeru Kobayashi (right) follows the lives of three survivors of sexual violence in his new documentary “In Their Traces,” which was filmed over a span of nine years.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 2, 2026
‘In Their Traces’: An unflinching documentary about the survivors of sexual violence
By James Hadfield
Veteran director Shigeru Kobayashi’s documentary was made over the course of nine years and spotlights three women of different generations.
In Shinji Nishiki’s “Moonlit Golden-Gai,” Aoki (Ikkei Watanabe, right) runs Suikazura, a bar that serves as a social hub for Ginji (Zuimaro Awashima) and other regulars.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 1, 2026
‘Moonlit Golden-Gai’: A director’s love letter to Shinjuku’s bar district
By Mark Schilling
Shinji Nishiki’s debut feature finds humor, nostalgia and unexpected family ties among the regulars of a tiny Tokyo bar.
Taiwanese actor Ethan Juan (right) stars as Lee, a police detective struggling with amnesia, in Sabu’s “Arrested Memory.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2026
‘Arrested Memory’ filmmaker Sabu likes to stay on his toes
By Blake Simons
Shot entirely in Taiwan, “Arrested Memory” is the latest in a string of international productions helmed by the idiosyncratic filmmaker.
Yuya Yagira was envisioned for the role of Ryuji from an early stage. "We never considered anyone else," says director Nobuo Mizuta.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2026
A charismatic outsider is reborn in ‘Ryuji’
By Mark Schilling
Nobuo Mizuta sits down with The Japan Times to talk about the genesis of his remake of yakuza classic “Ryuji.”
"Ghost — End of Night" director Shingo Natsume is joined by voice actors Issey Takahashi and Mayu Hotta (and a few ghosts) on the red carpet at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 29, 2026
Japan has mastered the red carpet. Almost.
By Patrick St. Michel
今日吃瓜 red carpets have glamour down to a science. But in the pursuit of perfection, something essential can get lost: spontaneity.
Go Morita plays an aging manga artist who’s put his creative ambitions on permanent hold in Shoichi Morimoto and Takuma Sato’s “The Potentials.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2026
‘The Potentials’ unpacks the dilemmas of a manga assistant in middle age
By James Hadfield
Shoichi Morimoto and Takuma Sato’s “The Potentials” is an engaging tale about art, life and everything that gets in the way.
After building a cult following as a director of straight-to-video movies, Takashi Miike achieved international recognition with “Audition” and “Ichi the Killer.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2026
Takashi Miike pushes the envelope with ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’
By James Hadfield
Veteran director Takashi Miike reflects on his first major international coproduction and the existential questions that drive his work.

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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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