Arts & Entertainment
Landmark Tokyo jazz club Body & Soul to close after 50-year run
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The renowned jazz club Body & Soul, a cornerstone of Japan's jazz scene, will close at the end of September after more than half a ce Full article
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Anime & Manga
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- News in Easy English: Famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki to show new 3D art boxes in July
- Miyazaki's new 'panorama box' displays show 85-year-old director's art still evolving
- AI gives Japan's voice actors new commercial clout, rights protections
- City near Tokyo introduces 'Crayon Shin-chan' characters on children's safe house plates
- Japan PM Takaichi, French President Macron strike 'Dragon Ball' pose after talks
Showbiz
- Descendant of Japan's John Manjiro voices hope as NHK taps his story for historical drama
- Actors and studios strike a tentative 4-year deal, easing fears of another Hollywood shutdown
- Landmark Tokyo jazz club Body & Soul to close after 50-year run
- Actor Ken Matsudaira performs signature samba dance in Yokohama to pray for sunny holidays
- Japan hotel with ex-Takarazuka Revue star as manager marks 100th anniv. with diverse plans
- What's in a name? It's succession, legacy and celebration in Japan's Kabuki theater
Culture
- Descendant of Japan's John Manjiro voices hope as NHK taps his story for historical drama
- NY's Met museum to add Japanese designer Tamae Hirokawa to collection
- 'Healing novels' go global as Satoshi Yagisawa leads Japan's comfort fiction wave
- Retro Japan in Photos: 1928 welfare facility in Tokyo suburbs takes in lot of natural light
- Retro Japan: Lush greenery, soothing stream create calm at suburban Tokyo welfare facility
- Japan exhibition traces Donald Keene's lifelong pursuit of poet Takuboku Ishikawa
Amusement
- Actor Ken Matsudaira performs signature samba dance in Yokohama to pray for sunny holidays
- Hello Kitty theme park in southwest Japan celebrates 35th anniversary
- 2 French pavilion exhibits from Osaka expo installed at Kansai airport
- Museum dedicated to founder of Sanrio, best known for Hello Kitty, opens
- Renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum reopens after 4 years with life-size Ginza clock tower exhibit
- Tokyo gov't unveils design for energy-saving ride replacing Ueno zoo monorail
Film
- Oscars organization expands international film eligibility, addresses AI in new rules
- Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
- 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' puts a spotlight on Italy's fashion capital
- AI gives Japan's voice actors new commercial clout, rights protections
- It's-a-hit: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
- Fans bid farewell as curtain falls on Osaka theater once popular with day laborers
Music
- Landmark Tokyo jazz club Body & Soul to close after 50-year run
- Michael Jackson streams skyrocket after 'Michael' biopic opening weekend, up 95% in the US
- Japan violinist who 'couldn't even peel an apple' takes over famed curry shop's flavor
- South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS
- Inclusive instruments help new players find the beat in Tokyo
- Vinyl records carry Japanese seniors back to soundtrack of their youth
Books
- Japanese author Haruki Murakami to release 1st novel in 3 years
- Japanese novelist Kanako Nishi debuts in English translation with 'Sakura'
- Japan entertainment magazine revived after 15-yr hiatus
- US book critics honor Nobel laureate and South Korean novelist Han Kang
- Edging Toward Japan: Is there such a thing any more as an 'Expert on Japan'?
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