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ROGER PULVERS

In what is billed as the first major production in English of Hisashi Inoue's "The Face of Jizo,¡± the Japanese play will have performances at the Seymour Centre in Sydney both in English and in Japanese.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 22, 2025
¡®The Face of Jizo¡¯: Hisashi Inoue¡¯s play staged in Sydney commemorates WWII victims
Billed as the first major English-language production of the play, ¡°The Face of Jizo¡± also increases the variety of roles for Japanese actors in Australia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 24, 2020
¡®Peaceful Circumstances¡¯: Negotiating relationships in a time of war
Roger Pulvers¡¯ ¡°Peaceful Circumstances¡± is a coming-of-age novel about a young woman at a time when the world is rapidly unraveling.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Aug 31, 2019
¡®Half of Each Other¡¯: Grief, marriage and tragedy
¡®Half of Each Other,¡¯ the newest novel from the prolific author and director, Roger Pulvers, considers how love, desire and grief intertwine in the aftermath of tragedy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 16, 2019
¡®The Unmaking of an American¡¯: One thread in a lifetime of cultural exploration
Roger Pulvers¡¯ latest memoir, ¡®The Unmaking of an American,¡¯ takes readers on an engaging and occasionally revelatory tour of Japan and Pulvers¡¯ own family history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 10, 2018
¡®Liv¡¯: The truth of war in a pair of cornflower-blue eyes
In the landmark Western ¡°The Searchers¡± (1956) directed by John Ford, John Wayne plays embittered Civil War veteran Ethan Edwards, in obsessive pursuit of Comanche Indians who have kidnapped his niece. Such is Edward¡¯s hatred for Native Americans we spend the movie convinced he will murder, not rescue,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Dec 30, 2017
¡®Strong in the Rain¡¯: Poetry from the heart and mind by Kenji Miyazawa
¡®Strong in the Rain,¡± a classic Japanese poetry collection from Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1921), beautifully reveals much about both nature and humanity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 19, 2017
Roger Pulvers challenges the idea of a hero in directorial debut, ¡®Star Sand¡¯
Roger Pulvers has had the sort of free-ranging, multifaceted career that seems like a dream in this specialized age, when academics labor in their narrow professional silos.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 21, 2015
The wanderer, writer and suspected spy who embraced Japan
T.S. Eliot may have written that ¡°April is the cruellest month,¡± but for Roger Pulvers, this spring is an extraordinarily felicitous one. In March, an English translation of his novel ¡°Starsand¡± was published and in April, translations will be released of both an anthology of tanka poetry by Takuboku...
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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