Crowned Miss Japan on Jan. 22, Ukrainian-born Carolina Shiino cried with joy, thankful for the recognition of her identity as Japanese.
Bonsai legacy unveiled in HBO documentary
An HBO documentary, premiering on Dec. 12, 2023, spotlights the Pacific Bonsai Museum’s role as stewards of an 82-year-old Japanese Black Pine tree, and its international attention after a theft.
Japanese actor-director Kitano says his new film explores homosexual relations in the samurai world
Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film Kubi” to show the world of samurai in ways that mainstream movies have rarely done before, by portraying the homosexual, love-hate relationship of warlords in one of Japan’s best known historical episodes.