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KENTO YAMAZAKI

Abe no Seimei (Kento Yamazaki), an apprentice at a school of mystic arts, gets wrapped up in a murder investigation in ¡°The Yin Yang Master Zero.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2024
¡®The Yin Yang Master Zero¡¯: Imaginative action film casts a dazzling spell
Shimako Sato¡¯s VFX-heavy, big-budget fantasy about practitioners of mystic arts goes beyond the genre standard.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2021
¡®The Door into Summer¡¯: Some doors are best left closed
An orphaned genius travels to the future and back in Takahiro Miki¡¯s treacly sci-fi, ¡°The Door Into Summer,¡± based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 3, 2020
¡®Alice in Borderland¡¯: Deadly journey through the looking glass leaves little impression
Netflix¡¯s sci-fi suspense series about a young man forced to go through a series of twisted challenges takes place in a cityscape that looks all too familiar in 2020.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2020
¡®Theatre: A Love Story¡¯: No sparks in this tortured romance
Based on a novel by comedian-turned-author Naoki Matayoshi, ¡°Theatre: A Love Story¡± centers on a narcissistic playwright and his long-suffering girlfriend.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 6, 2020
¡®Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku¡¯: A musical take on an otaku romance
This film adaptation of a web comic by single-named artist Fujita has the central couple dancing and singing their way to love.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 28, 2019
¡®Ni no Kuni¡¯: Two worlds but little life to be found
Two things about ¡°Ni no Kuni.¡± 1) It features a protagonist who uses a wheelchair, an admirable display of diversity and inclusion in a medium that rarely features characters with disabilities. 2) There isn¡¯t much else to like about the film.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 17, 2019
¡®Kingdom¡¯: An admirable try at Chinese history
Why should Japanese kids care about a manga set in China¡¯s Warring States Period, (475-221 B.C.)? The players and power struggles are hard enough for professional historians (and this reviewer) to grasp, let alone 10-year-olds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2017
¡®One Week Friends¡¯: Groundhog day in the ¡®friend zone¡¯
Someday soon someone is going to come up with an algorithm for commercial seishun eiga (youth films). Plug in the variables ¡ª teenaged love in its more innocuous variations being first and foremost ¡ª and pop out a script for another hit.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 1, 2016
¡®Doctor X¡¯; ¡®The Man With the Divine Tongue¡± Kagome
Ryoko Yonekura returns as the genius freelance surgeon Dr. Michiko Daimon in a special two-hour installment of ¡°Doctor X¡± (TV Asahi, Sun., 9 p.m.).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 18, 2016
¡®Wolf Girl and Black Prince¡¯: The dogged persistence of teen love
Girls go for bad, abusive guys, while relegating nice, decent ones to the dreaded ¡°friend zone¡°: A misogynistic lie or the cold, hard truth? Ryuichi Hiroki¡¯s ¡°Wolf Girl and Black Prince¡± seems to say the latter, starting with its premise. A naive, socially inept high school girl agrees to become the...
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.
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 weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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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