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Angelina Jolie’s film ‘Unbroken’ finally opens in Japan more than a year later

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken” opened Feb. 6, more than a year after the rest of the world, in Japan, where the main character endures as a prisoner of war and where some have called for a boycott of the movie. There were concerns that right-wing extremists may try […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Angelina Jolie, Associated Press, Berlin Olympics, David Bowie, Imperial Army, Katsuyuki Miyata, Korea, Louis Zamperini, Merry Christmas, Nagano Olympics, Nagisa Oshima, POW, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, japan, social media

Japan’s last WWII straggler dies at 91

January 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines and surrender, 29 years after the end of World War II, has died. He was 91. Onoda died Jan. 16 at a Tokyo hospital after a brief stay there. Chief […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Brazil, Imperial Army, Mari Yamaguchi, Norio Suzuki, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines, Shoichi Yokoi, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31, WWII, Yoshihide Suga, Yoshimi Taniguchi, japan

Liberal Democratic Party makes gains in Tokyo

June 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling part welcomed its sweeping gains in the Tokyo Assembly election on June 24 in a closely watched contest that is an indicator of how Japan’s major parties will fare in parliamentary polls next month.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Imperial Army, Japan Restoration Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Though Hashimoto, Tokyo Assembly, Toru Hashimoto, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Cabinet Secretariat, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Elaine Kurtenbach, Far East, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Imperial Army, Japan Communist Party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Tomoko Kami, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, WWII, Yasukuni Shrine

“Red Cliff” was cut in half, and it shows

November 25, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Red Cliff” is John Woo’s first Chinese movie since 1991’s “Once a Thief.” His new film triumphs over the cutting of the footage which is almost as cruel as the cuttings of so many characters over the film’s running time. Conceived as a four-hour epic in two parts, it reaches the United States as a single film that runs two and a half hours.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2009, Andrew Hamlin, Cao Cao, China, Chinese, Han Dynasty, Imperial Army, John Woo, Liu Bei, Northwest Asian Weekly, Red Cliff, Seattle, Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang, United States, Vol 28 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Zhuge Liang Takeshi Kaneshiro

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