Arts & Entertainment
Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show
TOKYO (AP) -- Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months, and months more."The Contestant," d Full article
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Anime & Manga
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- North Koreans worked on Japanese, US anime shows: report
- Tokyo court orders ex-head of illegal manga site to pay $11 million
- Studio Ghibli to receive 1st group-awarded Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
- Characters enter the public domain. Winnie the Pooh becomes a killer. Where is remix culture going?
- Oscar-winning Miyazaki film leads China box office days after debut
Showbiz
- Characters enter the public domain. Winnie the Pooh becomes a killer. Where is remix culture going?
- BBC reporter tells journalists in Japan sex abuse scandal at ex-Johnny's agency not over
- Editorial: Japan's Takarazuka troupe must end 'evil tradition' after harassed actor's death
- Red-light district 'Neo-Japanesque' dance show revived in Tokyo's Asakusa
- 'World's 1st' immersive theme park opens in Tokyo
- In Photos: Taylor Swift enchants fans at Tokyo Dome for 1st Japan visit in 5 years
Culture
- Spring winds breathe life into carp streamers at central Japan city's 40th 'koinobori' fest
- Retro Japan in Photos: Former Oita Pref. hospital's gentle, quasi-Western style
- Retro Japan: Time stands still at ex-hospital in southwest Japan hot spring resort
- Donald Keene's Japan (Pt. 56): Finding kindred spirit in Edo painter shunning seclusion policy
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Retro Japan in Photos: Dam in Kobe's Kita Ward comes to life with cascading water
Amusement
- DisneySea reveals new hotel in Fantasy Springs area to open in June
- All aboard! West Japan steam locomotive to resume operations after 2 years
- Japan Photo Journal: Heart made by famed north Japan castle park cherry blossoms
- Japan railway to revive private compartments on bullet trains with beyond-1st class service
- 50,000-seat stadium, hotel to be built on former Tsukiji market site in central Tokyo
- Cherry blossom festival held at Fukushima Pref. park for 1st time since 2011 disaster
Film
- Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Studio Ghibli to receive 1st group-awarded Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
- Man fills void in rural Japan city by opening movie theater
- News Navigator: What is the 'Tokyo Toilet Shuttle Tour'?
- Half of anime industry workers log over 225 monthly hours: survey
Music
- The Rolling Stones show no signs of slowing down as they begin their latest tour with Texas show
- From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
- Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement
- US Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl's popularity wave
- Star figure skater Hanyu still pursuing excellence in new forms
- Japan's popular duo Yoasobi invited to White House dinner for Kishida
Books
- Learning from Japanese picture books (5) Donguri Mura no Dongurien
- Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit
- Donald Keene's Japan (Pt. 55): Recording 'soul' of Japan found in medieval shogunate culture
- Learning from Japanese picture books (4) Panda Sento
- Japan publisher threatened over publication of trans-skeptical book
- Learning from Japanese picture books (3) Karasu no Panya-san
Meet your match? Spot the difference
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- Meet your match? Spot the difference #103: Picnic
- Meet your match? Spot the difference #102: Cat's-eye view
- Meet your match? Spot the difference #101: A zoo in spring
- Meet your match? Spot the difference #100: Hiking
- Meet your match? Spot the difference #99: Cherry blossom viewing
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