Arts & Entertainment
Movie theater builds anti-coronavirus partitions between seats for 1st time in Japan
CHIBA -- Aeon Entertainment Co., the Tokyo-based box office company of the Aeon Group, has begun setting up partitions between seats to prevent the tr Full article
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Over 100 drawings from legendary boxing manga 'Tomorrow's Joe' go on show in Tokyo
(2021/1/16)
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280 pieces of Moomin artwork to go on display in east Japan city
(2021/1/14)
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Kazutoshi Hando, who penned works on Japan's wartime history, dies at 90
(2021/1/13)
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Shizu-chan of popular Japanese comedy duo Nankai Candies contracts coronavirus
(2021/1/9)
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Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 suspends Akihabara performances
(2021/1/6)
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In Photos: Ikebana founding school holds first flower arrangement ceremony of the year
(2021/1/6)
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Italian police find stolen copy of Leonardo 'Salvator Mundi'
(2021/1/21)
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Two women win Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards
(2021/1/21)
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Haiku in English: Jan. 21, 2021
(2021/1/21)
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Japan pop group Arashi's Jun Matsumoto cast as lead for 2023 NHK drama
(2021/1/20)
Anime & Manga
- Over 100 drawings from legendary boxing manga 'Tomorrow's Joe' go on show in Tokyo
- Popular manga 'Attack on Titan' to end serialization in April: publisher
- Country flags transform into anime samurai ahead of Tokyo Olympics
- Kyoto Railway Museum gives 'Demon Slayer' fans chance to ride steam train from movie
- Long-awaited final Evangelion film shows strength of its 25-yr legacy
- Anime 'Demon Slayer' becomes Japan's highest-grossing film
Showbiz
- Japan pop group Arashi's Jun Matsumoto cast as lead for 2023 NHK drama
- Siegfried Fischbacher, of illusion duo Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81
- Tom Hanks heads TV special celebrating Biden's inauguration
- Shizu-chan of popular Japanese comedy duo Nankai Candies contracts coronavirus
- Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 suspends Akihabara performances
- Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
Amusement
- Elvis Presley's Graceland starting live virtual tours
- Universal Studios Japan delays opening of Super Mario attraction
- 280 pieces of Moomin artwork to go on display in east Japan city
- Big gorilla scarecrow appears in Japan to chase COVID-19 blues away
- Baby panda at Japanese zoo opens eyes for 1st time; public invited to suggest names
- Velodrome in Japan mistakenly pays out 10 times value of winning bet
Film
- Movie theater builds anti-coronavirus partitions between seats for 1st time in Japan
- 'Parasite's' Bong Joon Ho to head Venice Film Festival jury
- Spike Lee's children named Golden Globe ambassadors
- Editorial: 'Demon Slayer' film resonates with Japanese looking beyond coronavirus crisis
- Arnold Schwarzenegger compares US Capitol mob to Nazis
- Tokyo exhibition on S. Korean drama 'Crash Landing on You' opens
Music
- From Gaga to Garth, Miranda to Moreno: Celebs join inaugural
- Garth Brooks joins lineup of entertainers at Biden inaugural
- Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
- K-pop fan army swells to more than 100 million around the globe
- Lady Gaga to sing anthem, Jennifer Lopez to perform at Biden's inauguration
- Police: Rapper YFN Lucci wanted for murder in shooting
Books
- Two women win Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards
- 280 pieces of Moomin artwork to go on display in east Japan city
- Kazutoshi Hando, who penned works on Japan's wartime history, dies at 90
- Novelist Yu Miri: Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding
- Terry Kay, author of 'To Dance With the White Dog,' dies at 82
- Master spy novelist John le Carre dies at 89
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