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Electronic music website Samurai.fm celebrates 5th birthday
Entertainment / Arts › 05:24 AM JST - 17th May
TOKYO — Created as a response to the lack of electronic music radio in Tokyo, Samurai.fm has gone from being an innovative, first-of-its-kind website to a widely…
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Rambo takes aim at Myanmar junta
Entertainment / Arts › 06:30 AM JST - 12th May
TOKYO — It may be 20 years since he last kicked butt, but Rambo – Sylvester Stallone’s one-man killing machine – still has plenty of fans in…
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Ethan Hawke opens up his life
Entertainment / Arts › 07:28 AM JST - 8th May
TOKYO — “I feel like I am on the couch in a psychiatrist’s office with everybody waiting for some clever answer about who I am,” says Ethan…
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Film examines Japan's criminal justice system
Entertainment / Arts › 04:35 AM JST - 5th May
TOKYO — The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has produced a documentary film on Japan's criminal justice system, featuring the acquittal of 12 defendants in an election…
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Jack Nicholson looking for one last big romance
Entertainment / Arts › 05:00 AM JST - 2nd May
TOKYO — Jack Nicholson recalls his mother telling him two things about press conferences: Self-praise stinks and all comparisons are odious. Never mind, the 71-year-old star and…
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No holds barred for Torrie Wilson
Entertainment / Arts › 07:00 AM JST - 29th April
TOKYO — Guys (and girls), take note. You better be nice when you talk to Torrie Wilson, otherwise you’re likely to end up on the receiving end…
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Japanese 'Woman in Black' to set London West End record
Entertainment / Arts › 06:36 AM JST - 24th April
LONDON — A Japanese-language version of the stage thriller ''Woman in Black'' is set to make a much anticipated five-performance debut in London's West End in September,…
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Japanese violinist connects people via music
Entertainment / Arts › 01:00 AM JST - 21st April
TOKYO — Rieko Suzuki, a renowned Japanese violinist, is aspiring to foster mutual understanding among people in Asia through exchanges of music and performances by artists. Over…
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Yu Darvish makes his mark on and off the field
Entertainment / Arts › 09:00 AM JST - 16th April
OSAKA — Yu Darvish appears calm and composed about being Japan's Olympic pitching ace, about being a father, and even about the expectations he will become yet…
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From Cutie Honey to sexy nurse
Entertainment / Arts › 01:00 PM JST - 10th April
TOKYO — In 1995, 14-year-old Eriko Sato lost some friends in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Her friends had dreamed of going into showbiz one day. “When they…
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Godzilla for YouTube generation
Entertainment / Arts › 08:50 AM JST - 7th April
TOKYO — Audiences going to see “Cloverfield” are warned beforehand that if they have a weak heart, high blood pressure, suffer motion sickness or are pregnant, they…
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Real estate firms offering location sites for dramas, movies
Entertainment / Arts › 10:48 AM JST - 4th April
TOKYO — To help enhance the value of the properties they own and to improve their image, real estate companies have launched a business offering location sites…
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Three weeks of art celebration in Tokyo
Entertainment / Arts › 04:08 AM JST - 1st April
TOKYO — Without a doubt, Tokyo is now on the prestigious international “map of art.” Growing interest worldwide, a stronger Japanese economy and an impressive art heritage…
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Gilles Peterson brings his musical Midas touch to Japan
Entertainment / Arts › 06:19 AM JST - 30th March
TOKYO — A vinyl collector of gargantuan proportions and champion of the international sounds of the underground, Gilles Peterson has for years globetrotted and discovered the best…
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All in a night's work for Eiko Koike
Entertainment / Arts › 09:41 AM JST - 26th March
TOKYO — TOKYO — It’s 11 p.m. and Eiko Koike has just finished a music variety program at NTV. But she’s not tired. This is a normal…
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From China Doll to Yasukuni Shrine
Entertainment / Arts › 05:31 AM JST - 26th March
TOKYO — Chinese actress, model, entrepreneur, columnist and nightclub owner Ai Wan is hardly the sort of person you would expect to be backing a serious documentary…
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A life in the day of a clown
Entertainment / Arts › 02:17 PM JST - 19th March
TOKYO — When Juan Carlos Bratoz meets people for the first time and tells them what he does for a living, it always brings a smile to…
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Once upon a Times Square
Entertainment / Arts › 01:40 PM JST - 17th March
When you go to see "Enchanted," it will feel like you are seeing four different movies in one. The Disney film is part animated, part…
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Chinese director of 'Yasukuni' documentary feels heat
Entertainment / Arts › 01:34 PM JST - 3rd March
TOKYO — Chinese director Li Ying says his documentary film about Yasukuni Shrine — a Shinto shrine which has generated political heat for its association with Japan's…
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Nicole Kidman having a big year
Entertainment / Arts › 02:17 PM JST - 2nd March
TOKYO — It’s easy to see why stars like coming to Japan. Nicole Kidman only had to say “konnichiwa” and the media burst into applause. After hearing…
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