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MATT DAMON

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 14, 2018
Hollywood producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Jordan and Paul Feig adopt inclusion rider
¡°Bridesmaids¡± director Paul Feig said on Tuesday that his production company was adding an inclusion rider for future shows, the latest Hollywood figure to take up the call for more diversity on movie and television sets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 12, 2017
¡®The Great Wall¡¯ is a colorful foray into Hollywood filmmaking for China¡¯s Zhang Yimou
¡°The Great Wall,¡± a lavish Hollywood production that looks like it cost a gazillion dollars (or, more accurately, $150 million), is directed by China¡¯s Zhang Yimou ¡ª or Yimou Zhang as he¡¯s now known on many online film sites.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 11, 2017
Mars attack
¡®Did you see that martian movie with Matt Damon in it? What was that called again?¡¯
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
Oct 12, 2016
¡®Jason Bourne¡¯: The invincible franchise
It¡¯s the Bourne revival: Matt Damon is Bourne again. After an unsuccessful attempt to transfer the franchise to Jeremy Renner in 2012¡¯s ¡°The Bourne Legacy,¡± Damon has returned to his most iconic role as the brainwashed CIA super-soldier. He¡¯s the real deal, the Sean Connery to Renner¡¯s George Lazenby,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2016
Welcome to Mars. Population: 1
As kids, many of us have experienced the fear of being left behind. Lost in a supermarket, panicking as your parents get too far ahead of you during a walk in the park ... now imagine being left on an entirely different planet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2016
¡®The Martian¡¯ has thrills for the sci-fi nerd in everyone
¡®The Martian¡± (released in Japan as ¡°Odyssey¡°) is one of those movies where you kick yourself afterward for not having read the book first. Otherwise, you¡¯ll be going into this unprepared for the blasts of wondrousness, which hit you right in the eyes and light up the part of the brain?that delights...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2014
Promised Land
You can never be sure which Gus Van Sant you¡¯re getting when you are about to watch a film by this stylistically promiscuous director. Will it be the sympathetic chronicler of outsider teens (¡°My Own Private Idaho,¡± ¡°Paranoid Park¡°); the maker of mordantly funny black comedies (¡°Drugstore Cowboy,¡± ¡°To...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 13, 2013
How keeping it real took Matt Damon to the top
In 1987, when Bruce Springsteen wrote the song ¡°Ain¡¯t Got You,¡± he was the biggest rock star in the world. He had vast estates in New Jersey and Beverly Hills, and he had not long returned from a honeymoon at Gianni Versace¡¯s villa in Lake Como. ¡°Ain¡¯t Got You¡± was Springsteen¡¯s attempt to make a self-aware...
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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