RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:07:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/carreys-scrooge-rings-in-hollywood-holiday-spirit 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… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/a-bunch-of-basterds 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/blockbuster-mma-event-strikeforce-comes-to-japan-via-live-webcast 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… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/hollywood-gushes-bloodsuckers-in-vampire-boom 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… Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/pole-dancing-picks-up-momentum-for-women-and-men 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… Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:33:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/baseball-player-who-inspired-comic-character-runs-yakitori-restaurant 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… Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/up-up-and-away 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… Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/shaping-up-with-tomoka-kurotani 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… Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/diplomats-express-japans-wabi-sabi-concept-via-lens 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… Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/jarmusch-pushes-boundaries-of-imagination 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… Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:23:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/cameron-opens-pandoras-box-with-long-awaited-avatar 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… Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/is-there-more-to-controversial-art-of-trevor-brown-than-meets-the-eye 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… Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:11:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/kabuki-laid-bare-for-american-audiences 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… Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/van-cleef-arpels-spirit-of-beauty-exhibition-coming-to-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… Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:38:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/japanese-porn-star-stirs-controversy-in-indonesia-over-comedy-film A plan to make an Indonesian teenage comedy film starring Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa has stirred controversy in the world's most populous Muslim country,… Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:47:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/new-collaboration-seeks-to-drum-up-future-of-taiko A new generation of taiko drummers is breaking out of the small world of traditional ensembles and plunging straight into the musical ferment of the… Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:42:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/dancer-biker-newscaster%e2%80%94-meet-nhk-world%e2%80%99s-yuko-fukushima Japanese TV stars are notorious for their empty personalities, so when Yuko Fukushima pulls up to our office on a low-slung Kawasaki, she makes a… Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/idol-chatter It’s fitting that Akina Minami does TV commercials for an energy drink. The 20-year-old gravure idol, model, actress and all-round tarento needs as much energy… Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/pusan-festival-mixes-asian-film-hollywood-glamor One of Asia's top film festivals will kick off on Thursday with a focus on regional cinema and a touch of Hollywood glamor. The 14th… Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:03:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/matsui-bares-prejudices-of-contemporary-japan-before-intl-audience Lacking the time to finish an original work before the inaugural Festival/Tokyo performing arts omnibus this spring, young playwright Shu Matsui decided to light things… Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:33:00 +0100