Culture
One Piece and Shu Uemura’s holiday makeup collection is a glittering trove of pirate treasure
Japanese cosmetics brand Shu Uemura’s holiday collections have become something to look forwards to in recent years, esp
Special Reports
Kadokawa Culture Museum: Landmark by Kengo Kuma Offers Limitless Discoveries
Within a 10-minute walk from the Higashi-Tokorozawa Station on the JR Musashino Line, an impressive, irregular-looking
Culture
Martial Arts, Movies, Manga and Anime | The Many Gateways to Japanese Sword Culture
In my youth, my introduction to Japanese swords (as with many other people) was via martial arts, […]
Culture
MANGA ⇔ TOKYO: Exhibition Shows Your Favorite Pop Culture Scenes in the Metropolis
Have you ever watched a film and become so entrenched in the story that you wanted to visit the locations […]
Culture
Rick and Morty animated short brings the sci-fi duo to Tokyo for the very first time
With one of its main premises being based around the possibility of limitless alternate universes, Adult Swim’s popular
Culture
‘Wa’ and the Japanese Imagination: Eshi-100 Highlights Pop Culture in Exhibition Starting August 8
The 2020 Eshi-100 exhibition highlighting the works of more than 100 manga artists and illustrators is officially set
Culture
Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts give stay-at-home performance of Cowboy Bebop opening
For many fans, Shinichiro Watanabe’s classic series Cowboy Bebop was a formative anime experience. To this day, however,
Sports
Jazz Up Your Video Call Wallpapers with These Cool — Kawaii — Japanese Designs
Socializing and working from home via the internet has gradually become the norm for many, and little do […]
Culture
‘Captain Harlock’ Artist Donates $7,600 Auction Yield to Italian Hospital That Cared for Him
The renowned manga artist Leiji Matsumoto auctioned off an illustration with the ubiquitous Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Politics & Security
South Korean Game Axed After Accusations of Copying Japan’s Best Selling ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’
Photo Credit: Kyodo News, Official Website of Game Discontinued After Accusations of Plagiarism “鬼殺の剣” A company in S
Blog
Is ‘Animé-fication’ the Way to Go in Preserving Traditional Japanese Arts?
I took part in an event titled “The Charm of Nihon Buyō” (or, traditional Japanese dance) on February 14. […]
Culture
Expanding Kabuki Audiences with ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ the Movie
The curtain has closed on the one-month performance of the big hit kabuki adaptation of Nausicaä of the Valley of [&hell