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Journalist and filmmaker Shiori Ito made the documentary ¡°Black Box Diaries¡± about her years-long battle to find justice following her sexual assault.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 27, 2025
Oscar-nominated documentaries put Japan under the microscope
Shiori Ito¡¯s ¡°Black Box Diaries¡± and Ema Ryan Yamazaki¡¯s ¡°Instruments of a Beating Heart¡± both mark firsts in their respective categories.
Journalist Shiori Ito sheds a tear as she speaks to reporters outside the Tokyo district court on Dec. 18, 2019, after hearing the ruling on a damages lawsuit by her, accusing a former TV reporter of rape.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 21, 2024
Japanese journalist brings lonely #MeToo battle to Sundance
Shiori Ito¡¯s fight for justice is the subject of ¡°Black Box Diaries,¡± a documentary she herself directed.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 23, 2022
¡®Tokyo 2020 Side B¡¯: Behind the scenes of the ¡®pandemic Olympics¡¯
While the overall tone is positive and inspirational, the second volume of Naomi Kawase¡¯s documentary on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games feels overloaded with aural and visual details.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022
¡®Soup and Ideology¡¯: A touching family portrait that feeds the soul
Director Yang Yonghi comes to terms with her mother¡¯s past trauma and animosity toward South Korea in the moving final chapter of her documentary trilogy on familial ties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2022
¡®Tokyo Side A¡¯: Making sense of the ¡®pandemic Olympics¡¯
Official Olympics documentaries can be as triumphant as a gold-medal performance or they can end up in infamy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 26, 2022
¡®Mlabri in the Woods¡¯ offers a rare look at former hunter-gatherers
Director Yu Kaneko¡¯s documentary about an ethnic group living in the hills of Laos and northern Thailand began with an encounter with a Japanese linguist fluent in the Mlabri language.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 15, 2022
¡®The Mating Game¡¯: NHK¡¯s 8K nature series reveals all
The national broadcaster¡¯s 5-episode natural history series, which follows the courting rituals of 80 species in 22 different countries, is the first of its kind to be shot entirely in 8K.
TENNIS
Feb 15, 2020
Netflix to air Naomi Osaka documentary series
Two-time Grand Slam singles winner Naomi Osaka will be featured in an upcoming documentary series to air on Netflix, and the project has the backing of one of global sports¡¯ most prominent individuals.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 26, 2019
New Stephen Curry documentary takes look at Japan¡¯s grassroots hoops
Do yourself a favor. Set aside 30 minutes to watch a short documentary. Actually, that¡¯s enough time to watch it twice. Do it twice. You¡¯ll come away with an even greater appreciation for the crisp cinematography, lively action and compelling insights more by absorbing the information twice.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2019
Yayoi Kusama: The underdog story of a Japanese art maverick
A documentary tells the story of Yayoi Kusama¡¯s battles with racism, sexism and mental illness during her 70-plus years of creating art.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 10, 2019
New four-part documentary showcases history of FIBA World Cup
Before the 2019 FIBA World Cup begins on Aug. 31 in China, basketball¡¯s global governing body is celebrating its rich history with a new four-part documentary.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 5, 2019
Ron Howard frames Pavarotti story through arias for new documentary
Director Ron Howard did not know much about opera, but he understands drama when he sees it, and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti¡¯s life was packed with it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 20, 2019
¡®Shinjuku Tiger¡¯: A story of one man and his mask
Spend enough time on the streets of Shinjuku, and you¡¯ll eventually spot a flamboyantly dressed figure in a tiger mask carrying fake flowers, stuffed animals and a boombox. This is Shinjuku Tiger, the subject of a documentary of the same name out this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 19, 2018
¡®In Pursuit of Silence¡¯: A documentary looks at what it¡¯ll take to finally get some peace and quiet
The 1964 tune ¡°The Sound of Silence¡± by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel is a bona fide classic, but it never really identifies just what this ¡°sound of silence¡± is. That task instead falls to ¡°In Pursuit of Silence,¡± the documentary about this surprisingly hard-to-pin-down aural quality and why it¡¯s worth...
Japan Times
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Sep 7, 2018
Documentary to capture views of young Okinawans on U.S. Futenma base issue
As Okinawa continues to be roiled by tensions over a plan to move a key U.S. air base within the prefecture, filmmakers from Iwate Prefecture are using their next documentary to give younger Okinawans a greater voice.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2018
Soundtracking the thrill of the climb in Jennifer Peedom¡¯s ¡®Mountain¡¯
With ¡°Mountain,¡± director Jennifer Peedom has done for the mountaineering film what Marks & Spencer¡¯s did for food advertisements years ago: taken the concept and beautified it to such an extent that it provokes a visceral response. Salivating over the movie¡¯s visual perfection is the only appropriate...
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2018
Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda visits the stadium that¡¯s home to all of America
¡®The Big House¡¯ captures more than just football in a documentary about the University of Michigan¡¯s main stadium.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 17, 2018
¡®The Shoot Must Go On¡¯: Masayoshi Sukita captures some of rock music¡¯s most iconic figures
Even if you don¡¯t recognize the name, you probably know his shots. Photographer Masayoshi Sukita has captured images of rock gods and movie stars that deserve that most overused of epithets: iconic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 16, 2018
Hyoe Yamamoto dives into Japan¡¯s culture of corporate corruption in ¡®Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair¡¯
Speaking as a Japanese person, it¡¯s a bit disheartening to see the words ¡°samurai¡± and ¡°idiot¡± in the same sentence. Filmmaker Hyoe Yamamoto¡¯s documentary ¡°Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair¡± not only pairs the two, it shows the lack of logic and wisdom behind the so-called samurai spirit that many...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 7, 2018
¡®Tremorings of Hope¡¯: The aftershocks linger in a town devastated by 2011 disaster
After the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011, dozens of documentary filmmakers headed north to the devastated Tohoku region, specifically the hard-hit coastal areas of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. One filmmaker, however, had already been filming there...
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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