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CATE BLANCHETT

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 8, 2019
Film great Cate Blanchett decries ¡®heartbreaking¡¯ plight of stateless
Film star Cate Blanchett urged the world to end the devastating plight of millions of people with no nationality on Monday, describing statelessness as a ¡°heartbreaking¡± waste of human talent and potential.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 24, 2018
In Davos, Cate Blanchett jokes about playing Melania Trump
Actress Cate Blanchett, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, drew laughs when she jokingly speculated about playing first lady Melania Trump on screen, saying she would not approach such a role from a ¡°Free Melania¡± point of view.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 21, 2016
Finding courage and hope in 2016
The Year of the Monkey is drawing to a close. Despite the events in the real world, this year at least brought us some soulful films. Perhaps the filmmakers wanted to prepare us for the impending yuckiness of future reality. Still, my picks for the best films of the year intriguingly combined sweetness...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 14, 2016
¡®Knight of Cups¡¯: Is Malick¡¯s cup half-full or half-empty?
Halfway through ¡°Knight of Cups,¡± the latest treatise from philosopher-filmmaker Terrence Malick, the movie¡¯s chorus of internal monologues yields a line that could be read as a memo to the director himself: ¡°Don¡¯t get your head too far up your own ass.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 3, 2016
¡®Truth¡¯: Ask no questions, hear no lies
¡®The truth is out there¡± is the tagline from sci-fi thriller TV series ¡°The X-Files,¡± suggesting that perhaps all we had to do was find it and retrieve it like a lost frisbee.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 10, 2016
¡®Carol¡¯ shows women trapped in the moral confines of 1950¡¯s America
¡®Carol¡± is a wondrously beautiful piece of filmmaking by American director Todd Haynes. Set in New York during the 1950s ¡ª when homosexuality was viewed as a disease on par with leprosy ¡ª the film reminds us of the incredible freedom allowed in romantic relationships these days.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 10, 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: ¡®initial exhilaration gives way to fatigue¡¯
On the one hand, we have the fanboys, for whom ¡°The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies¡± will be the ¡°Best. Film. Ever.,¡± as director Peter Jackson delivers a ginormously action-packed finale to his second Middle Earth trilogy. Kicking things off with a fire-breathing dragon razing the town of Lakewood,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 15, 2014
Blanchett channels Blanche for Oscar-winning role in ¡®Blue Jasmine¡¯
When actress Cate Blanchett took to the stage at this year¡¯s Academy Awards, winning the best actress Oscar for her performance in ¡°Blue Jasmine,¡± she delivered a memorable and eloquent speech.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 15, 2014
Time to get over the ¡®shock¡¯ of aging actresses
¡°Americans can be strange about aging,¡± said French actress Jeanne Moreau, in a brief interview she gave me back in 2005. She was then at the tail end of her 70s and had just co-starred with French heartthrob Melvil Poupaud in ¡°Le Temps Qui Reste,¡± as his sympathetic but alluring grandmother. As the...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
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.
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.
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.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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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