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ANGELINA JOLIE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2021
¡®Eternals¡¯: When super franchises walk the Earth!
A pleasing cast and the director Chloe Zhao, who won a best picture Oscar for ¡®Nomadland,¡¯ give Marvel¡¯s latest a steady heartbeat.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2016
An unforgiving look at ¡®Unbroken¡¯ in Japan
Flashback to 1983: Director Nagisa Oshima¡¯s ¡°Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,¡± set during World War II in a Japanese-run POW camp in Java, is opening in theaters across Japan. It starred David Bowie with two huge local stars: comedian Beat Takeshi and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. The film confronted the reality...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 4, 2015
¡®Unbroken¡¯ finally gets a break in Japan
For the better part of a year, ¡°Unbroken¡± has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2015
Japan far from confronting hereditary breast cancer, but Jolie effect is helping
For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister¡¯s death from ovarian cancer in 2008.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2015
Cancer experts laud Angelina Jolie¡¯s decision to remove ovaries
Two years after a double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer, a move cancer experts described as courageous and influential.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 19, 2015
Writer¡¯s critical take on Jolie¡¯s ¡®Unbroken¡¯ raises readers¡¯ hackles
Some emails and online comments in response to Nicolas Gattig¡¯s recent Foreign Agenda column, ¡®Japan may shun ¡®Unbroken¡¯ because it¡¯s old hat.¡¯
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 14, 2015
A longer look at the problems of ¡®Unbroken¡¯
Why can¡¯t ¡°Unbroken¡± ¡ª Angelina Jolie¡¯s hit World War II drama ¡ª catch a break in Japan? There are presently no plans to release the film here in theaters, on DVD or online, even though it has a strong Japan focus as well as a major role for popular local rock musician Miyavi (whose real name is...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 7, 2015
Japan may shun ¡®Unbroken¡¯ just because it¡¯s old hat
If the Japanese opt to skip Angelina Jolie¡¯s ¡®Unbroken,¡¯ let¡¯s not blame wholesale refusal to face the past.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 10, 2014
Angelina Jolie takes evil to new places in ¡®Maleficent¡¯
Websites such as Buzzfeed have made an art of the ¡°listicle,¡± a news article that comprises a top 10 on a designated topic. Thanks to childhood nostalgia, Walt Disney characters often make their way onto such listicles, and a quick look at the Top 10 Disney villains of all time often ends with one woman...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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