TPC's David Monks Is Making Extremely Successful "Peasant Metal" as Netherwilds
Tokyo Police Club wrapped up their run in 2024, and now singer-bassist David Monks has found success with a new project: making "peasant
Tokyo Police Club wrapped up their run in 2024, and now singer-bassist David Monks has found success with a new project: making "peasant
Chinese artist and filmmaker Sun Xun never expected “Magic Atlas” to become the first animated feature selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival’s competition. “I never thought of ‘Magic Atlas’ as an animated film. To me, it...
Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani Be Good,” which is playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition, turns that experience...
Overall inflation in the capital stood at 2.8%, while prices excluding fresh food and energy, a key gauge of underlying inflation, climbed 2.6%.
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The better path is harder but more defensible: preserve the court, reform its operation and confront the limits of international law honestly.
Once every four years, Nezu Shrine celebrates a special version of its annual festival.
La Québécoise aura l’occasion de remporter un deuxième tournoi en 2026.
Bengaluru recorded 11.5% annual growth in prime office rents in Q3 2026, matching Tokyo, while Mumbai saw a 33% jump in leasing transactions, with year-to-date volumes already exceeding its full-year 2025 total, according to Knight Frank.
Japanese police have arrested a Chinese national suspected of a pepper spray attack in an upscale Tokyo shopping district
Ye Shengfeng, a resident of Osaka Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of spraying a substance containing capsaicin at a man in his 30s in May.
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The package containing the stolen watch had been sent from Aichi Prefecture and included a handwritten apology.
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An increasing number of coffee-centric, sociable running clubs are starting up across Tokyo, drawing more casual runners in search of community.
Milcho Manchevski, the North Macedonian director whose 1994 debut “Before the Rain” won Venice’s Golden Lion and earned an Oscar nomination, is back in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival with “Sister Brother Manhole...
Known for her dark relationship dramas, including the 2017 multiple-award-winner “Dear Etranger,” Mishima Yukiko has taken a different approach with her latest film, “Two Cigarettes, Three Nights,” which is in competition at the 39th...
Taiwanese project “Uncle,” directed by Yen Hao-hsuan, won the Tokyo Project Award on Friday at the seventh Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM) in Tokyo. “Uncle” had already picked up the Asian Gen-Z Award earlier in the ceremony. Prizes...
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Shnaider won the match 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to earn her sixth career title. Covered by 5 outlets: 1 lean left, 2 are centre, 2 are not rated.
Leylah Fernandez broke down as she made the heartbreaking announcement after losing the Pan Pacific Open final
Shnaider won the match 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to earn her sixth career title.
Fernandez fought back from a break down in both sets to reach the Tokyo title clash, her third final of 2026.
World No 1 Elena Rybakina has withdrawn injured against Leylah Fernandez in the Pan Pacific Open to exit the tournament at the quarter-final stage.
Overtourism has become a growing concern in popular tourist destinations, where large numbers of visitors can put pressure on local communities and attractions. However, not all destinations face the same challenges. While busy city...
A man conceived through sperm donation, unsure of his place in the world, sets out on a journey to Korea in “The Blue Breaks,” an adaptation of Machiya Ryohei’s 2016 novel by Japanese filmmaker Uchiyama Takuya (“Numb”). The Japan-Italy...
Jean-Christophe Grangé signe avec «Tokyorama» un thriller noir et immersif au coeur de la mégapole japonaise.
Chinese painter and filmmaker Qiu Jiongjiong began shaping his new film during the pandemic. With the world suddenly forced to pause, he tells Variety, people felt an urgent desire to return to everyday life and to gather around a...
The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival’s opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on...
A meeting at TIFFCOM in 2023 brought Italian co-producers to “The Violinist,” the animated feature that went on to win the top prize at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival this year, Singaporean filmmaker Ervin Han...
The New York-based alternative asset manager is negotiating with a potential buyer, according to sources.
The cast of “Godzilla Minus Zero” brought the glow of a Hollywood standing ovation to the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday, two days before Yamazaki Takashi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One” opens in...
Godzilla Minus Zero writer, director, and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki says that getting caught up in besting Godzilla Minus One "risked diluting what makes the movie great in the first place."
Godzilla Minus Zero doubles the kaiju, but still has human stakes, according to director Takashi Yamazaki
Two major films, 'Ramayana: Rise of a Legend' and 'Godzilla Minus Zero', are set to release on Diwali weekend. Early screenings have generated mixed reviews for 'Ramayana' while 'Godzilla Minus Zero' has attained a...
A lack of funding, and ignorance in the institutions that control it, keeps women at an inherent disadvantage in the film industry, Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat said at a Tokyo International Film Festival talk on the future of...
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Isabelle Huppert vampire film “The Blood Countess” lost as much as 20 minutes against the wishes of its director, Ulrike Ottinger, the veteran German filmmaker said at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which is hosting a...
A new Japanese anime award planned for 2027 should put the people who make anime in the spotlight, industry leaders said at TIFFCOM, the market of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The session was moderated by Fujitsu Ryota,...
Mathis Landwehr-led martial arts feature “Lion Fist” has been picked up for South Korea, Latin America and the CIS. Fellow Landwehr starrer “The Last Kumite” has also found a South Korean home, sales outfit Cappu Films revealed at the...