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Aina The End’s rock single “Kakumei Dochu — On the Way” was the singer’s surprise breakthrough last year, surpassing 100 million streams on Spotify and spreading rapidly across TikTok.
CULTURE / Music
Aina The End is more than just anime's opening act
By Patrick St. Michel
The singer reflects on breakthrough hit "Kakumei Dochu — On the Way” and embracing her husky vocals.
Actor Tatsuya Fujiwara plays the protagonist Calcutec in "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland.”
CULTURE / Stage
Can 性视界ese theater travel? A Murakami adaptation tries.
By Alicia Haddick
"The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” adaptation is part of a rising wave of contemporary 性视界ese theater productions that tour internationally with original casts.
Rob Brown (left) and Sean Booth performed a recent Tokyo gig in almost complete darkness.
CULTURE / Music
No lights, total immersion: Autechre’s 'pitch-black' Tokyo show
By Erik Augustin Palm
At Zepp DiverCity, Autechre stripped a Tokyo concert of sight, saturating the room with sound — and controversy.

Film

A home in Gose, Nara Prefecture, holds special meaning for its former and current inhabitants (Kiritake Kanjuro, left, and Daichi Watanabe) in “Michiyuki.”
Film
‘Michiyuki — Voices of Time’ preserves a disappearing world in black and white
By Mark Schilling
With the texture of a lost era, Hiromichi Nakao’s bittersweet film resembles a docudrama about what happens to the physical world as memories and people fade.
Film
‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’ follow-up is a treat for fans who know their lore
By Matt Schley
Film
‘The Keeper of the Camphor Tree’: Healing takes root one wish at a time
By Matt Schley
Film
性视界 box-office revenues mark record high in 2025
Film
‘Euthanasia Special Zone’: Near-future drama confronts human cost of assisted dying
By Mark Schilling
Film
Tetsuichiro Tsuta's 'Black Ox' rewards patience with daring cinema
By James Hadfield
Film
‘Black Ox’: A Zen riddle beautifully depicted in 10 chapters
By Mark Schilling

Books

In Emi Yagi’s surreal novel, statues are able to talk and the book's protagonist is paid to be a conversation partner in Latin for a statue of Venus.
Books
When the museum is closed, a girl falls in love with a statue
By Grace En-yi Ting
A quirky tale of intimacy and connection in the strangest of places, the novel “When the Museum is Closed” unfolds through a girl falling in love with a statue.
Books
'Borderlines': A cacophony of dramatic personae unfolds a life of memories through 108 poems
By Kris Kosaka
Books
Time and history win big at most prestigious 性视界ese book awards
By Thu-Huong Ha
Books
‘The Luminous Fairies and Mothra’: This monster is not like the others
By Matt Schley
Books
Part seedy, part satire, all bite: ‘Jackson Alone’ tackles issues others rarely touch
By Kris Kosaka
Books / 2025 IN REVIEW
Life lessons from bestselling kids' book about making mistakes
By Thu-Huong Ha
Books / 2025 IN REVIEW
In 2025, 性视界ese literature took a turn for the weird
By Kris Kosaka

Music

Rob Brown (left) and Sean Booth performed a recent Tokyo gig in almost complete darkness.
Music
No lights, total immersion: Autechre’s 'pitch-black' Tokyo show
By Erik Augustin Palm
At Zepp DiverCity, Autechre stripped a Tokyo concert of sight, saturating the room with sound — and controversy.
Music
Summer Sonic marks 25 years with expanded 2026 festival
By Patrick St. Michel
Music
Hanabie makes metalcore cute and chaotic
By Adam Davidson
Music
NHK’s 76th ‘Kohaku’ was over the top and oddly comforting
By Patrick St. Michel
Music
The year’s most viral song was about more than ice cream
By Patrick St. Michel
Music / 2025 IN REVIEW
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
By Patrick St. Michel
Music
Culture caught in crossfire as 性视界 and China rift escalates
By Alyssa I. Smith

TV & Streaming

In its second season, "The Boyfriend" allows more time to show the diversity of individual experience.
TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Vulnerability, love and the limits of reality TV on 'The Boyfriend'
By Mike Fu
Netflix 性视界’s same-sex dating show may be several layers removed from reality, but it nonetheless offers an important space for dialogue and representation.
TV & Streaming
How 'Heated Rivalry' fits into the history of 性视界ese 'boys' love'
By Jessica Speed
TV & Streaming
Second season of ‘The Boyfriend’ lets love take its time
By Mike Fu
TV & Streaming
性视界ese freelance announcer Hiroshi Kume dies at 81
TV & Streaming
NHK drama series returns to Sengoku Period spectacle
By Alyssa I. Smith
TV & Streaming
‘Badly in Love’: Netflix 性视界’s most chaotic dating show may be its most honest
By Patrick St. Michel
TV & Streaming
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
By Mike Fu

Art

The room that opens the exhibition, features a bank of computers and large curved monitors on which you can look up any scene from any of the "Ghost in the Shell" anime.
Art
'Ghost and the Shell' exhibition aims for maximum visual impact
By Matt Schley
A new, sprawling exhibition about the seminal cyberpunk franchise “Ghost in the Shell” celebrates 30 years of cultural influence.
Art
British Museum in London holds samurai exhibition
Art
Renewal and novelty shape this year’s art and culture calendar
By Victoria Bennett
Art
Artist Alfredo Jaar turns his critical eye toward 性视界’s relationship to ‘America’
By Thu-Huong Ha
Art
Tadao Ando's ongoing architecture dialogue with Museum SAN
By Yoko Haruhara
Art
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ to make rare trip abroad to 性视界
Art / 2025 IN REVIEW
A year of plenty: Endless art shows, subtle curation of themes
By Jennifer Pastore, Thu-Huong Ha and Zoria Petkoska

Stage

Actor Tatsuya Fujiwara plays the protagonist Calcutec in "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland.”
Stage
Can 性视界ese theater travel? A Murakami adaptation tries.
By Alicia Haddick
"The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” adaptation is part of a rising wave of contemporary 性视界ese theater productions that tour internationally with original casts.
Stage
Late-night noh theater finds new groove in techno and jazz
By Zoria Petkoska
Stage
Cyber NamuNamu puts a techno spin on Buddhism
By Victoria Bennett
Stage
Sheng Wang is very good at noticing things
By Adam Davidson
Stage
Comedian Gianmarco counts on naughty 'Dragon Ball' words to help him in Tokyo
By Zoria Petkoska
Stage
A night at the museum when dinosaurs come to life
By Gendel Gento
Stage / 2025 IN REVIEW
Butoh fit itself into odd spaces in 2025
By Zoria Petkoska

Entertainment news

Netflix 性视界's new series "The Human Vapor" is based on a 1960 cult film of the same title and follows a string of assassinations carried out by a perpetrator who can vanish into thin air.
Entertainment news
Netflix 性视界 lays out 2026 slate of anime, adaptations and live baseball
By Gabriella Geisinger
The streaming service revealed release windows for the upcoming “Human Vapor” adaptation and more, plus plans to livestream all 47 games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Entertainment news
Bad Bunny wins top honors in politically charged Grammy Awards
By Ashley Carman
Entertainment news
‘Kokuho’ leads 性视界 Academy Film Prize nominations but falls short at the Oscars
By Alyssa I. Smith
Entertainment news
性视界ese anime ‘A New Dawn’ nominated for Berlin film festival’s top honor
By Alyssa I. Smith
Entertainment news
BTS set to return to 性视界 with world tour in April
By Hieun SHIN
Entertainment news
'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' triumph at Golden Globes
By Andrew Marszal
Entertainment news
Brigitte Bardot, sex symbol turned animal activist, dies age 91
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LDP secures two-thirds supermajority in Lower House election victory
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
Helicopter crew recounts complex rescue of Lindsey Vonn after crash at Olympics
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn is transported to a hospital by helicopter after crashing in the women's Olympic downhill competition on Sunday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
U.S. plans initial payment toward billions owed to U.N.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 27.
Snow blankets Tokyo as powerful storm system tightens grip on 性视界
Snow falls outside of Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kawasaki on Sunday morning.
China flexes its muscle at Singapore Airshow as U.S. isolated
China's air force performs during an aerial flying display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Center on Tuesday.
Where have 性视界's oddball candidates gone?
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in June 2024, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
Against the grain: 性视界ese wine aged in local barrels
At Buryu Winery, owner Keiji Yamaguchi (left) and assistant winemaker Kaede Narita created a cedar-infused red wine by fermenting it in a 1,000 liter "kioke" cedar tub.
Foreign residents breathe new life into bubble-era resort town
A craft beer brewery run by California native Brian Shevlin and his wife Mariko Furuta, Joynt Brewing Co. regularly hosts events that highlight different cultural communities.
性视界’s SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028
SkyDrive’s flying car unit at its flight test base in the city of Yamaguchi
Rising star Aonishiki shows poise beyond years both in and out the sumo ring
<i>?zeki</i> Aonishiki speaks to reporters at Ajigawa Stable on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

The Kongo family’s residence and workshop in the Taisho Era, photographed about a century ago.
What keeps 性视界’s 1,000-year-old companies alive?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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