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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Photos: PCES – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
21 March 2025 8:09 PM | No CommentsPhotos from the PCES - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Japan Archive
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“Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On” – 2013 Japan Cuts Review
Angela K. HomPosted on August 6, 2013 | No CommentsThe documentary is an agonizingly detailed look at a year’s worth of events for the all-girl supergroup. -
Junichi Inoue’s “A Woman and War” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 22, 2013 | No CommentsBrutally frank in its portrayal of rape, “A Woman and War” follows three people as they attempt to deal with the consequences of World War II on Japan. -
Hideki Takeuchi’s “Thermae Romae” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2013 | No Comments"Thermae Romae," based on a manga that sees an insecure man from ancient Rome revive his sagging career as a public bath designer, carries a lot of heart. -
Mika Ninagawa’s “Helter Skelter” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 13, 2013 | No CommentsAfter a five-year hiatus, Erika Sawajiri returns to a lead role that perhaps reflects her own personal troubles with fame in "Helter Skelter." -
Hideo Nakata’s “The Complex” – 2013 NY Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 12, 2013 | No Comments"The Ring" director Hideo Nakata takes familiar elements from his J-horror films and throws them back into the mix in “The Complex.” However, the end product is neither here nor there. -
“The Kirishima Thing” (桐島、部活やめるってよ) – 2013 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsYoshida Daihachi’s “The Kirishima Thing,” which won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, is a teen drama that excels in its honesty. -
Yoji Yamada’s “Tokyo Family” – 2013 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 21, 2013 | No CommentsYoji Yamada's "Tokyo Family," a tribute to Yasujiro Ozu’s “Tokyo Story,” is a far too subtle exploration of family dynamics in present-day Japan. -
Red carpet: Masami Nagasawa – “Love Strikes!” U.S. premiere
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 15, 2012 | No CommentsMasami Nagasawa won the Rising Star Asia Award at the New York Asian Film Festival, which co-presented the U.S. premiere of "Love Strikes!" with Japan Cuts. -
Koji Yakusho “13 Assassins” Q&A – 2012 Japan Cuts Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 22, 2012 | No CommentsActor Koji Yakusho (役所 広司) addressed the crowd and answered some questions before the screening of 13 ASSASSINS at the Japan Society in New York. -
Koji Yakusho red carpet and Q&A, “The Woodsman and the Rain” – 2012 Japan Cuts
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 21, 2012 | No CommentsKoji Yakusho (役所 広司) appeared at the screening of THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN, giving both introductory remarks and a Q&A after the movie in New York.