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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Film Archive
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Bae Doona hits Seoul Fashion Week, wins award in Macau
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 14, 2015 | No CommentsActress Bae Doona (배두나) ("Cloud Atlas") appeared at two very different events in the span of three days: Seoul Fashion Week and the Asian Film Awards. -
Red carpet: NOHKE Fall 2015 – Seoul Fashion Week
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 11, 2015 | No CommentsAttendees of the NOHKE Fall 2015 show included actresses Jung Han-bi (정한비) and Hwang Bo Ra (황보라), and singers Park Gyu-ri (박규리) of KARA and Choa of AOA. -
“Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory” – 2015 Hong Kong Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 5, 2015 | No CommentsBeneath the veneer of “Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory” - which involves Haruko’s obsession over her TV set - is a jab at society’s dependence on technology. -
Sabu’s “Chasuke’s Journey” – 2015 Hong Kong Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 30, 2015 | No Comments“Chasuke's Journey” is not Sabu's best work, but it is a solid example of the types of stories the Japanese film maverick has penned for nearly 20 years. -
Ji Chang-wook – KAAL E.SUKTAE Fall 2015 Seoul Fashion Week
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 25, 2015 | 1 CommentActor Ji Chang-wook (지창욱) was the only male VIP attendee to hit the red carpet at the KAAL E.SUKTAE Fall 2015 womenswear runway show at Seoul Fashion Week. -
“The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol” – 2014 Busan Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 4, 2015 | No CommentsWhile Busan organizers apologized for the controversy, they did not apologize for showing the documentary. One must applaud their conviction behind its subject matter. -
iiJin Fall 2015 Hong Kong fashion show
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 18, 2015 | No CommentsThree weeks before the Fall 2015 collection hit New York Fashion Week, a number of celebrities saw it in Hong Kong, including Felix Wong and Yuri Kwon. -
Yuri Kwon (권유리) – iiJin Hong Kong 2015 fashion show
Tom PlattPosted on February 11, 2015 | No CommentsYuri Kwon of the K-pop group Girls Generation was the main guest of honor at the iiJin Spring 2015 and Fall 2015 fashion showcase in Hong Kong. -
Film Review: Tsui Hark’s “The Taking of Tiger Mountain”
Christopher BournePosted on January 5, 2015 | No Comments"The Taking of Tiger Mountain" revamps a popular 1957 novel set during the Chinese Civil War and turns it into a 3D extravaganza, with mixed results. -
Film Review: “The Interview”
Christopher BournePosted on December 31, 2014 | No Comments"The Interview" is an outrageous farce instead of a sustained, coherent and truly incisive attack on its targets - ultimately holding it back from being the truly great comic work it could have been.