Entertainment / Arts Archive

Aussie wine comes up trumps in Japanese manga series

Entertainment / Arts › 06:52 AM JST - 23rd November

McLAREN VALE, Australia — A hugely popular Japanese comic book series that follows the international adventures of two brothers in pursuit of the perfect drop has, until recently, remained…
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Documentary on emperor wins praise in Europe

Entertainment / Arts › 04:22 AM JST - 20th November

PARIS — A documentary on the history of Japan during the World War II and postwar years is receiving critical acclaim following its broadcast by Franco-German television…
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The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse

Entertainment / Arts › 05:51 AM JST - 17th November

LOS ANGELES — It's the end of the world as we know it, and Hollywood feels fine. Global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing terrorist threats and…
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CNN finding that prime-time success is elusive

Entertainment / Arts › 05:08 AM JST - 15th November

NEW YORK — The rough patch for CNN illustrates the two contradictions at the network's heart. In a brutal time for the news business, CNN is one of…
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Former Miss Universe Japan Kurara Chibana expands her horizons

Entertainment / Arts › 04:39 AM JST - 12th November

TOKYO — Many women who enter a beauty contest soon fade from public view after all the glitz and glamour. But not Kurara Chibana, who was Miss…
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Robert Pattinson sparkles in the 'Twilight' zone

Entertainment / Arts › 05:19 AM JST - 10th November

TOKYO — If Robert Pattinson ever had any doubt about his popularity in Japan, his two trips this year would have dispelled it. The 23-year-old British star…
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Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

Entertainment / Arts › 05:27 AM JST - 8th November

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of…
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A bunch of basterds

Entertainment / Arts › 07:00 AM JST - 6th November

TOKYO — Quentin Tarantino is so confident that everyone in Japan will like his new movie, "Inglourious Basterds," that he has OK’d a campaign in which anyone…
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Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom

Entertainment / Arts › 03:07 AM JST - 2nd November

LOS ANGELES — Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True…
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Blockbuster MMA event Strikeforce comes to Japan via live webcast

Entertainment / Arts › 06:00 AM JST - 1st November

TOKYO — Chicago’s Sears Centre Arena will explode with a high-profile event on Saturday Nov 7, showcasing four main bouts, pitting the legendary Fedor Emelianenko against undefeated…
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Pole dancing picks up momentum for women - and men

Entertainment / Arts › 04:33 AM JST - 31st October

TOKYO — My pulse quickens as I’m about to meet up with the coordinator of the International Pole Dance Fitness Association to talk about the organization’s upcoming…
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Baseball player who inspired comic character runs yakitori restaurant

Entertainment / Arts › 03:47 AM JST - 30th October

SAGA — While the hard-drinking slugger who stars in a serial baseball manga comic book retired recently, the real-life former ball-playing boozer who inspired the character runs…
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Up, up and away

Entertainment / Arts › 03:07 AM JST - 28th October

TOKYO — Pixar Animation Studios has made 10 animated features, and every one of them has been a smash hit. The Disney subsidiary continues to raise the…
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Shaping up with Tomoka Kurotani

Entertainment / Arts › 04:12 AM JST - 26th October

TOKYO — It’s an autumn afternoon and actress Tomoka Kurotani is happily posing for photos outdoors in Aoyama. Few passersby take much notice. “Actually, in Tokyo, people…
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Diplomats express 'wabi,' 'sabi' concepts via lens

Entertainment / Arts › 03:43 AM JST - 24th October

TOKYO — An exhibition of photographs taken by diplomats and members of their families in Japan will open Oct 27 in Tokyo, showcasing a variety of work…
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Jarmusch pushes boundaries of imagination

Entertainment / Arts › 06:23 AM JST - 22nd October

NEW YORK — Jim Jarmusch, the director and writer of ''The Limits of Control,'' which opened in Japan last month, said he aims to surprise moviegoers by catering…
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Cameron creates new world with long-awaited 'Avatar'

Entertainment / Arts › 03:00 AM JST - 20th October

TOKYO — Few movies come with expectations as high as “Avatar,” James Cameron’s long-awaited science-fiction tech-noir adventure. At this week’s Tokyo International Film Festival, audiences were treated…
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Is there more to controversial art of Trevor Brown than meets the eye?

Entertainment / Arts › 06:11 AM JST - 18th October

TOKYO — The thrilling thing about Halloween is the sense that the normal rules and taboos of everyday life are temporarily suspended. We can dress up as…
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Kabuki laid bare for American audiences

Entertainment / Arts › 05:44 AM JST - 17th October

LOS ANGELES — Kabuki, the highly-stylized Japanese dance drama, has long enjoyed a place of cultural recognition and artistic reverence in Japan. With its emotional storylines, exquisite costumes…
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Van Cleef & Arpels 'Spirit of Beauty' exhibition coming to Tokyo

Entertainment / Arts › 05:38 AM JST - 15th October

TOKYO — Van Cleef & Arpels will start a global tour of its ''Spirit of Beauty'' retrospective exhibition in Tokyo later this month, offering an overview of…
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