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CHARLIZE THERON

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 29, 2016
Pacquet-Brenner takes us through ¡®Dark Places¡¯
Two years after the opening of the pervertedly female-empowering ¡°Gone Girl¡± (based on Gillian Flynn¡¯s best-selling novel), I¡¯m one of the people who still get chills when remembering Rosamund Pike¡¯s monologue. ¡°Gone Girl¡± officially put Flynn¡¯s name on the map in more ways than one. Her online reputation...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 25, 2016
¡®The Huntsman: Winter¡¯s War¡¯: On reflection, there¡¯s little new here
There are so many conflicting messages in ¡°The Huntsman: Winter¡¯s War¡± that after the first half hour you give up trying to decipher them, only to realize they aren¡¯t messages at all but a grab bag of snippets from various Hollywood blockbusters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 17, 2015
¡®Mad Max: Fury Road¡¯ is so good at spectacular violence that it injures itself
If you want a vision of the future, at least from George Miller¡¯s perspective, picture a boot stamping on a human face for about two hours. Those in search of a bludgeoning good time will find it in his new scorched-earth action extravaganza, ¡°Mad Max: Fury Road¡± ¡ª it¡¯s hard to remember the last time...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West: ¡®If a movie this uninspired can make money at the box office, we¡¯re doomed¡¯
If a movie as lazy and uninspired as ¡°A Million Ways to Die in the West¡± can get horrible press, bad word of mouth and still make its money back at the box office, then we¡¯re doomed. ¡°Family Guy¡± creator Seth MacFarlane¡¯s follow-up to his debut film ¡°Ted¡± is basically another vehicle for his usual borderline-offensive...
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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