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RYOMA TAKEUCHI

Keita Machida (left) and Ryoma Takeuchi play a pair of ballroom dancers whose relationship becomes more than strictly professional in Keishi Otomo¡¯s live-action manga adaptation, ¡°10 Dance.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Dec 18, 2025
¡®10 Dance¡¯ teases passion but stays cautiously chaste
Ryoma Takeuchi brings the swagger as a bad-boy Latin dance champion, but Keishi Otomo¡¯s queer romance delivers surprisingly little heat.
Ryoma Takeuchi (right) is perfectly cast as Kazuma Kiryu, a Jack Reacher-esque character of impermeable physicality in Amazon Prime¡¯s new series ¡°Like a Dragon: Yakuza.¡±
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 25, 2024
Amazon¡¯s ¡®Like a Dragon: Yakuza¡¯ pulls its biggest punch
Amazon¡¯s new series based on the long-running Ryu Ga Gotoku games flattens the quirkiest elements of the Kamurocho red-light district for a run-of-the-mill crime drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2021
¡®The Sun Stands Still¡¯: Race against time fails to pick up the pace
Eiichiro Hasumi¡¯s big-budget thriller about globe-trotting spies is not quite Japan¡¯s answer to the ¡°Mission: Impossible¡± movies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 1, 2018
¡®Sensei Kunshu¡¯: Looking for love in all the wrong places
Student crushes on teachers are a pop culture staple (ask any Van Halen fan). In real life, they¡¯re a minefield, with trip wires becoming ever more sensitive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2016
¡®Yell For the Blue Sky¡¯: High school drama never really changes
The seishun eiga or ¡°youth film¡± is one Japanese genre that doesn¡¯t travel well abroad. With only a few exceptions, these films assume a familiarity with the insular world of the Japanese high school (or, once in a while, junior high school) that outlanders are unlikely to possess. They also follow certain...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 10, 2016
¡®Aiba Learns¡¯; ¡®Good Fortune! Appraisal Team for Anything High Quality Treasure Salon¡¯; Lotte ¡ª So
In addition to singing and dancing, the popular male idols managed by Johnny & Associates do a lot of educational TV, including ¡°Aiba Manabu¡± (¡°Aiba Learns¡°; TV Asahi, Sun., 6 p.m.), in which Masaki Aiba, a member of boy band Arashi, learns about some common process. In the past, Aiba and his guests...
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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