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‘Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?’: The comedy and horror of being forgotten
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‘Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?’: The comedy and horror of being forgotten
“Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?” is a genuinely funny, uplifting and heartwarming watch — if you can get over its slightly problematic premise.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Azerbaijan welcoming ‘set-jetting’ fans of Japan TV drama ‘Vivant’
Fans of popular Japanese TV drama “Vivant” have flocked to Azerbaijan, where the second season of the hit series was filmed.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Spooky, scary, gory: Anime selection for the season
Decades of spooky anime offer plenty of choices for your viewing pleasure this Halloween season, from ghostly folklore to gory horror.
Nippon TV's "25 Years of You" is about two obsessive men who vie for attention from the same woman.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Oct 20, 2026
‘25 Years of You’: Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ stalker?
By Gabriella Geisinger
In Nippon TV’s “25 Years of You,” two obsessive men go head to head for attention from the same woman — with uncomfortable results.
Netflix's "Plastic Beauty" is an unflinching look at the plastic surgery industry and the people at its center. The multinational entertainment company typically provides bigger production budgets and longer timelines compared to terrestrial TV networks, but the limitations of the labor pool in Japan are an ongoing challenge.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 11, 2026
Netflix vies to be a cut above in TV production
By Gabriella Geisinger
Netflix 今日吃瓜 dramas are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and uplifting domestic TV standards, though not without growing pains.
A young man is caught between humans and plants in Shaft’s “Fool Night,” one of the stranger — and more intriguing — new anime arriving this autumn.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 1, 2026
From FX trading to plant people, fall anime gets weird
By Matt Schley
Our critic sifts through 60-plus series to spotlight five unconventional newcomers worth adding to your watchlist.
TBS drama "Until the T-Shirt Dries" has earnest performances, but its themes are undermined by frustratingly elusive female characters.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Sep 24, 2026
Woe is marriage: ‘Until the T-Shirt Dries’ is a meandering take on middle-class ennui
By Mike Fu
A melodramatic narrative with a ruminative core, the TBS series’ constituent parts fail to come together in a satisfying way.
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?
By Erik Augustin Palm
Murai’s work with Donald Glover helped define “Atlanta” and “This Is America” before his Emmy-winning turn on “Widow’s Bay.”
Kento Hayashi brings a sensitive stoicism as sex therapist Ichito Shimotori in Netflix’s “S&X.”
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Aug 28, 2026
Let’s talk about ‘S&X,’ baby: Netflix drama on sexuality falls flat
By Gabriella Geisinger
The Netflix series tries to destigmatize conversations about sex with unflinching honesty, but flattens the story in the process.
"Badly in Love" Season 1 participant Otoha poses at an promotional event in Tokyo in April. The Justice Ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 22, 2026
Japan ministry ends collaboration with Netflix dating show after outcry
The Justice Ministry axed the tie-up with “Badly In Love,” which features ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes.

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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