RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/documentary-on-emperor-wins-praise-in-europe 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/the-end-is-near-as-hollywood-does-the-apocalypse 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… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/cnn-finding-that-prime-time-success-is-elusive 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… Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:08:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/former-miss-universe-japan-kurara-chibana-expands-her-horizons 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… Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/robert-pattinson-sparkles-in-the-twilight-zone 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… Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:19:00 +0100 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/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/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… Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +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