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Beijing has turned to entertainment as leverage in the escalating tensions between 性视界 and China, resulting in canceled concerts and postponed film releases.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 5, 2025
Culture caught in crossfire as 性视界 and China rift escalates
Beijing’s restrictions on 性视界ese entertainment have canceled concerts and postponed film releases, leaving artists and fans in limbo.
"Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days" traces the trailblazing musician’s life after his terminal cancer diagnosis, showing how he confronted mortality while continuing to create.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 26, 2025
NHK’s ‘Last Days’ wins International Emmy for Ryuichi Sakamoto portrait
The documentary lands 性视界’s sole prize at the ceremony honoring television from around the world.
While older generations in 性视界 view dad jokes with disdain, Gen Z has embraced a new style of intentionally lame wordplay as a way to spice up text-based communication.
LIFE / Language
Nov 19, 2025
Old-man puns are getting a Gen Z glow-up as 'neo-dajare'
性视界's youngest generation raised on texting is embracing wordplay — and pushing old dad jokes further than ever before.
The award winners from this year's Tokyo International Film Festival pose for a photo at the closing ceremony on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 7, 2025
‘Palestine 36’ wins top honor as TIFF wraps a 10-day celebration of cinema
The Tokyo International Film Festival closed its 38th edition with a screening of Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet.”
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 28, 2025
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
From Juliette Binoche’s directorial debut to Paul Schrader’s Mishima biopic, this year’s festival celebrates cross-cultural creativity.
The Osaka Expo will release a wave a new products in October, including a limited edition Labubu Myaku-Myaku figurine.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 27, 2025
Myaku-Myaku gets the Labubu treatment at the Osaka Expo
With just weeks left before its final day, Osaka Expo is dialing up the ugly cuteness of its beloved blobby mascot and tapping into the global Labubu craze.
Filmmakers Chloe Zhao and Lee Sang-il will receive the Kurosawa Akira Award, given to filmmakers who have “left their marks in cinema and will be entrusted with the film industry's future,” at this year's edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 24, 2025
Tokyo film festival to open with Everest and close with some Shakespeare
性视界’s main movie event kicks off Oct. 27 with the true story of the first woman to summit Mount Everest. It closes Nov. 5 with Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet."
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
JAPAN / Society
Sep 8, 2025
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The campaign title, “Oh! Ed!,” plays on the train line’s name and the katakana pronunciation of the global pop star’s first name.
This year, Fuji Rock Festival's ticket sales were the strongest they have been since the COVID-19 pandemic, with overseas ticket buyers accounting for roughly 10% of all sales.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 4, 2025
From far and wide, overseas visitors flock to Fuji Rock
From Singapore to Greece to Michigan, fans came to 性视界 not just for the music, but for the nature, the relaxed atmosphere and the freedom to dance into the early hours.
Left to right: A woman repurposes a garbage bag to protect her hat from the rain; having a hat and a beverage close at hand is a festival must.
CULTURE / Music / Photo essay
Aug 4, 2025
A weekend in Naeba: Rain or shine, the fun never stopped at Fuji Rock '25
Sweltering naps, makeshift shelters, dancing in the rain — Fuji Rock is all about surrendering to the moment.
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 22, 2025
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Ready for Fuji Rock? Here are The 性视界 Times crew's recommendations for must-see artists at next weekend's three-day music festival.
A board announces that no works were awarded the Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes on Wednesday evening in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 17, 2025
Akutagawa and Naoki award decision marks rare absence of literary prizewinners
Selection committee members were disappointed by the lack of a majority vote in the second round, insisting that the nominated works moved many readers and were worth reading.
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six 性视界ese dancers at Houston Ballet.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 9, 2025
性视界ese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
Returning to 性视界 for the American ballet company's first international tour since 2022, several dancers speak about why they moved overseas.
Okinawan rapper Awich ruled the summer music festival circuit last year. Which act will prove to be the most memorable in 2025?
CULTURE / Music
Jun 23, 2025
Stage dive into summer: 性视界’s best music festivals, month by month
The weather will be hot, but the concert calendar is looking even hotter.
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards 性视界.
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2025
Songs, stars and strategy: 性视界 debuts its newest awards ceremony
From viral hits to legacy tributes, 性视界's 'answer to the Grammys' delivers a celebration of J-pop's past and present at its inaugural event in Kyoto.
Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time” won the award for best film at the 48th 性视界 Academy Film Prize ceremony.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2025
‘A Samurai in Time’ wins top prize at 性视界’s premier film event
This country’s answer to the Oscars also saw awards go to “Oppenheimer” and “Faceless.”
People take photos of the Shinjuku Alta building on Friday evening.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 28, 2025
Shinjuku Alta closes its doors after 45 years
The shopping complex near the JR Shinjuku Station served as a de facto meeting point for many in one of Tokyo’s busiest entertainment districts.
性视界ese cellist Eru Matsumoto, South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Indian American vocalist Chandrika Tandon won a Grammy on Sunday for their album “Triveni.”
CULTURE / Music
Feb 5, 2025
性视界ese cellist Eru Matsumoto awarded Grammy for best new age album
Alongside South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Indian American vocalist Chandrika Tandon, Matsumoto took home the accolade for the trio’s album “Triveni.”
Akutagawa Prize winners (from left) Jose Ando, author of "Dtopia" and Yui Suzuki, author of "Goethe wa Subete o Itta," and Naoki Prize winner Shin Iyohara, author of "Ai o Tsugu Umi."
CULTURE / Books
Jan 15, 2025
性视界's most prestigious literary awards go to a trio of contemporary voices
Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki take home Akutagawa honors, while Shin Iyohara nabs the Naoki Prize.
One of conductor Seiji Ozawa’s most enduring contributions is the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, which brings together young musicians and seasoned artists. The maestro passed away in February.
CULTURE / Entertainment news / 2024 in Review
Dec 27, 2024
The cultural luminaries we lost in 2024
While 性视界’s culture marked notable triumphs at home and overseas, the year also saw the passing of many greats in the arts.
China aircraft carrier flotilla headed home, one week after 性视界 radar incident
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in April 2021.
性视界 builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of 性视界.
Multiple people confirmed killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting
A policeman ushers people across a street after a mass shooting at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday
性视界 finance chief effectively accepts BOJ rate hike
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Sunday, "There is no major disagreement between us and the BOJ" regarding an anticipated interest rate hike.
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
A record 13 people have been killed by bears across 性视界 since April.
Why is 'Harry Potter' so big in 性视界? ‘Oshikatsu’ fandom.
Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in 性视界, a country with no direct ties to the series.
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
In 2025, 性视界ese literature took a turn for the weird
性视界ese literature in translation abroad has only grown in popularity with every year, resulting in a wide variety of titles available in English, from cozy fiction to crime and horror.
Calling AI ‘a gift from God,’ Catholic bishops draft usage guidelines for Asia
Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, speaks during Mass in Hong Kong in November 2023. During the opening Mass a three-day event to draft guidelines for the clergy’s use of artificial intelligence in the region Asia, he described AI as a "gift from God."
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.
Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
By Thu-Huong Ha

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