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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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Koji Yakusho red carpet and Q&A, “The Woodsman and the Rain” – 2012 Japan Cuts
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 21, 2012 | No CommentsKoji Yakusho (役所 広司) appeared at the screening of THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN, giving both introductory remarks and a Q&A after the movie in New York. -
“Potechi (Chips)” – 2012 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsWith topics as diverse as house burglary, suicide, mother-son relationships, baseball fandom and, of course, potato chips peppered across a brisk 68-minute work, director Yoshihiro Nakamura somehow connects the dots to deliver a knockout revelation. -
“Scabbard Samurai” – 2012 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2012 | No CommentsA disgraced samurai can avoid seppuku if he can make his captor’s little prince smile, something that he has not done since the death of his mother. The catch? He has 30 days to do it. -
Masayuki Suo’s “Shall We Dance?” – 2012 Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 9, 2012 | No Comments“Shall We Dance?” (Shall we ダンス?), the 1996 film that won 14 Japan Academy Prizes, was famously remade into a flick eight years later starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. -
Review: Nobuhiro Yamashita’s “Matsugane Potshot Affair”
Christopher BournePosted on June 29, 2012 | No Comments"Matsugane Potshot Affair" is a dark comedy following the decidedly odd events and inhabitants of a small town and the happenings of a particular winter. -
Review: Kazuo Kuroki’s “The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya”
Christopher BournePosted on June 23, 2012 | No Comments"The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya" is a quiet, gently humorous, and poignant World War II-set story that evokes the home dramas that were a specialty of Ozu. -
Film Review: Takashi Miike’s “Dead or Alive”
Christopher BournePosted on June 15, 2012 | No CommentsThis yakuza thriller by Japanese cult director Takashi Miike is a letter-perfect illustration of the saying, "Nothing succeeds like excess." -
Review: Naomi Kawase’s “The Mourning Forest”
Christopher BournePosted on June 8, 2012 | No Comments"The Mourning Forest" expresses a very animist sensibility, in that the natural world, and associated sounds and space, are given great priority. -
Review: Yoshihiro Nishimura’s “Tokyo Gore Police”
Christopher BournePosted on May 25, 2012 | No CommentsAs the title promises, in "Tokyo Gore Police" there is no chance that you will instead be confronted with, say, a sensitive Merchant Ivory-type romance. -
Review: Jessica Oreck’s “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”
Christopher BournePosted on May 4, 2012 | No Comments"Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo" is not a cult science-fiction film, but an impressionistic, non-linear documentary exploring Japan’s obsession with insects.