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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…