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MORGAN FREEMAN

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 23, 2016
With levity, Obama awards arts medals to Mel Brooks, Audra McDonald, Berry Gordy
President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals on Thursday, lauding their accomplishments ¡ª and sharing some laughs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 27, 2016
¡®5 Flights Up¡¯ turns the horror of selling an apartment into a gentle fairy tale
Living in Tokyo has taught me that relationships matter but real estate matters more. My mom used to tell me never to date anyone who didn¡¯t have a down payment on a condo, which basically doomed me to permanent datelessness.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 13, 2016
A golden year for aging stars in film
A while back we heard that 50 is the new 30, but Hollywood has gone beyond that, as a whole new reserve corps of talent is emerging to tell us that 70 is the new 35, and that at 60 you¡¯re a mere baby.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015
Director Kazuaki Kiriya struggles to be taken seriously in Japan
Forty-seven-year-old filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya is as famed for being a tall, flamboyant loudmouth ¡ª he married Japanese diva Hikaru Utada when she was 16 years old (and he was 35) ¡ª as he is for making sleek CG-heavy extravaganzas that never manage to do well at the box office. Now Kiriya has directed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 27, 2014
Lucy
¡°Lucy¡± is a big movie with a narrow mind; it speaks of all that used to work in a Luc Besson film and doesn¡¯t anymore because we¡¯re no longer in 1989. Besson ignores that, but he¡¯s kept up with current times in other ways. Witness how ¡°Lucy¡± borrows liberally from recent movies such as ¡°The Dark Knight...
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2014
Could Kim be ready to declare war over a movie?
Asian geopolitics may never be the same now that Kim Jong Un has Seth Rogen and James Franco in his cross hairs.
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.
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.
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.

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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