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May Kamaka wins the Miss Chinatown Hawaii 2026 Pageant
09 October 2025 12:52 PM | No CommentsKamaka will now represent the neighborhood at the Miss Hawaii state pageant.
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M+ host of Guo Pei’s first major fashion exhibition in East Asia
07 October 2025 6:25 AM | No CommentsThe haute couture designer celebrated her first major solo fashion exhibition, continuing to build on the fame of her yellow gown worn by Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala.
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Photos: G-STAR “Anatomic Denim” F/W 2025 collection & Denim Gorilla
05 October 2025 12:38 AM | No CommentsFor its "Anatomic Denim" collection, G-STAR came up with three products: a visual campaign, three denim product lines, and an art gorilla sculpture.
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – Shohei tutors Teoscar?
03 October 2025 1:20 AM | No CommentsBased on the video and photos...was Shohei giving Teoscar some pointers on how to play right field?
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – V of BTS throws opening pitch
01 October 2025 11:56 AM | No CommentsOne can be forgiven for wondering why the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium resembled a BTS concert instead of a home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Japan Archive
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![Repast (1951), Mikio Naruse’s first adaptation of the work of celebrated Japanese novelist Fumiko Hayashi, is one of his very finest films, a deceptively simple examination of a troubled marriage, told […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Repast-2-115x115.png "Review: Mikio Naruse’s “Repast”")
Review: Mikio Naruse’s “Repast”
Christopher BournePosted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsRepast (1951), Mikio Naruse’s first adaptation of the work of celebrated Japanese novelist Fumiko Hayashi, is one of his very finest films, a deceptively simple examination of a troubled marriage, told […] -
![The title of Toshio Masuda’s 1967 film Like a Shooting Star aptly describes its main character, Goro (Tetsuya Watari), a cooler-than-thou gangster, who burns brightly and is gone just as fast. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SHOOTING_4-115x115.jpg "Review: Toshio Masuda’s “Like a Shooting Star”")
Review: Toshio Masuda’s “Like a Shooting Star”
Christopher BournePosted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe title of Toshio Masuda’s 1967 film Like a Shooting Star aptly describes its main character, Goro (Tetsuya Watari), a cooler-than-thou gangster, who burns brightly and is gone just as fast. […] -
![The New York premiere of “Yakuza Weapon” on July 9 at the Japan Society welcomed four guests from the film: co-directors Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓) and Yudai Yamaguchi (山口 雄大); […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tak-sakaguchi-115x115.jpg "“Yakuza Weapon” actor Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓), special guests attend New York premiere")
“Yakuza Weapon” actor Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓), special guests attend New York premiere
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe New York premiere of “Yakuza Weapon” on July 9 at the Japan Society welcomed four guests from the film: co-directors Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓) and Yudai Yamaguchi (山口 雄大); […] -
![A couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ALiar2-115x115.jpg "Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods")
Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsA couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […] -
Takayuki Yamada (山田孝之) Q&A – 2011 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsJapanese actor Takayuki Yamada answers questions before the screening of "13 Assassins" at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival on July 2, 2011. -
![A story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NinjaKids-115x115.jpg "Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review")
Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsA story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […] -
![Yoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Milocrorze_011-115x115.jpg "\"Milocrorze: A Love Story\" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review")
"Milocrorze: A Love Story" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsYoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […] -
![Masahiro Kobayashi’s 2005 film Bashing takes as its inspiration the ostracism experienced by Japanese humanitarian workers in Iraq after surviving kidnapping there. The film’s protagonist, Yuko (played with quiet intensity by […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Bashing+3-115x115.jpg "Review: Masahiro Kobayashi’s “Bashing”")
Review: Masahiro Kobayashi’s “Bashing”
Christopher BournePosted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsMasahiro Kobayashi’s 2005 film Bashing takes as its inspiration the ostracism experienced by Japanese humanitarian workers in Iraq after surviving kidnapping there. The film’s protagonist, Yuko (played with quiet intensity by […] -
![Japan’s Nikkatsu Studios is best known for their wild, kinetic action films, especially those of Seijun Suzuki (Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill). However, there were a number of other directors […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Warped-Ones-115x115.jpg "Review: Koreyoshi Kurahara’s “The Warped Ones”")
Review: Koreyoshi Kurahara’s “The Warped Ones”
Christopher BournePosted on May 13, 2011 | No CommentsJapan’s Nikkatsu Studios is best known for their wild, kinetic action films, especially those of Seijun Suzuki (Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill). However, there were a number of other directors […] -
![There’s something to be said about going through life experiences on one’s own. Having other individuals squarely in the mix results in certain merits: the insights gained through conversation, the […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/still-115x115.jpg "“The Blessing Bell” (幸福の鐘) Review – A Retrospective of Sabu’s Works, Japan Society")
“The Blessing Bell” (幸福の鐘) Review – A Retrospective of Sabu’s Works, Japan Society
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 3, 2011 | No CommentsThere’s something to be said about going through life experiences on one’s own. Having other individuals squarely in the mix results in certain merits: the insights gained through conversation, the […]