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UNBROKEN

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 4, 2015
¡®Unbroken¡¯ finally gets a break in Japan
For the better part of a year, ¡°Unbroken¡± has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 17, 2015
Miyavi explores his ¡®Others¡¯ side on new album
Playing a sadistic real-life villain in the Angelina Jolie film ¡°Unbroken¡± clearly took its toll on Takamasa Ishihara, who admits he wept and threw up as he prepared for his final scene. Now back in a more familiar role as the enigmatic musician Miyavi, the man known as the ¡°Samurai Guitarist¡± is flying...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 19, 2015
Writer¡¯s critical take on Jolie¡¯s ¡®Unbroken¡¯ raises readers¡¯ hackles
Some emails and online comments in response to Nicolas Gattig¡¯s recent Foreign Agenda column, ¡®Japan may shun ¡®Unbroken¡¯ because it¡¯s old hat.¡¯
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 14, 2015
A longer look at the problems of ¡®Unbroken¡¯
Why can¡¯t ¡°Unbroken¡± ¡ª Angelina Jolie¡¯s hit World War II drama ¡ª catch a break in Japan? There are presently no plans to release the film here in theaters, on DVD or online, even though it has a strong Japan focus as well as a major role for popular local rock musician Miyavi (whose real name is...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 7, 2015
Japan may shun ¡®Unbroken¡¯ just because it¡¯s old hat
If the Japanese opt to skip Angelina Jolie¡¯s ¡®Unbroken,¡¯ let¡¯s not blame wholesale refusal to face the past.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 5, 2015
Why Japan should embrace Angelina Jolie¡¯s ¡®Unbroken¡¯
The attacks on Angelina Jolie¡¯s just-released film ¡®Unbroken¡¯ — which is much less about Japanese brutality against an American POW than the resilience of the human spirit — appear part of a revisionist recrudescence under the Abe administration.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 16, 2014
¡®Yasukuni¡¯ director says 2007 film timelier than ever
With Angelina Jolie¡¯s film ¡°Unbroken¡± about Japan¡¯s brutal treatment of prisoners during World War II being released this month, Chinese filmmaker Li Ying figures his 2007 anti-militarist documentary ¡°Yasukuni¡± has only gained in relevance.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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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

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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
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