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Daniel Raim’s “The Ozu Diaries” offers insights into the ethos and experiences that informed the work of golden age director Yasujiro Ozu.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2026
‘Ozu showed the way’: A documentarian looks for the man behind the legend
Though known for his documentaries about American filmmakers, Daniel Raim’s project on Yasujiro Ozu was executed with great care and admiration.
Daniel Raim’s “The Ozu Diaries” is an enlightening portrait of Yasujiro Ozu and the experiences that shaped him as a man and artist.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2026
‘The Ozu Diaries’: An engaging look at the man behind the myth
Daniel Raims’ “The Ozu Diaries” is a stirringly human portrait of a titan of Japanese film and the experiences that shaped him.
Yasuhiko Mitani is the subject of a new food documentary titled “MITANI - The Mariage of Sushi.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2026
After ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi,’ ‘Mitani’ tells a different sushi story in San Sebastian
The film moves beyond sushi’s polished international image to explore the man, philosophy and discipline behind the craft.
Shingo Ota’s “Numakage Public Pool” is a bittersweet record of the waning days of a public space and community hub.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 28, 2026
‘Numakage Public Pool’ documents the demise of a third space
Shinga Ota’s “hybrid documentary” is a bittersweet lament for a community hub facing its final weeks.
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jul 5, 2026
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara’s latest work, “Now and Then,” bridges a historical atrocity with the present-day treatment of asylum-seekers.
Toru Yamada’s documentary “At the Triangle Intersection,” which delves into the lingering impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, follows Tetsu (center), the matriarch of the Watanabe family, her son, Takemasa (right) and her daughter-in-law, Shigeko.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 30, 2026
Documentary captures the long echo of Fukushima’s nuclear disaster
Without narration or music, Toru Yamada’s intimate documentary “At the Triangle Intersection” follows the silences, routines and unresolved tensions of post-disaster life.
The documentary “Johatsu: Into Thin Air” follows "night mover" companies that help their clients escape difficult situations and start new lives.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 6, 2026
‘Johatsu: Into Thin Air’: The quiet desperation of those who disappear
An estimated 80,000 people “evaporate” in Japan each year. Arata Mori and Andreas Hartmann’s haunting documentary follows the “night movers” who help their clients disappear.
Shiori Ito at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Monday
JAPAN / Society
Dec 15, 2025
Shiori Ito sees ‘most reactive screening’ in Japan to her film on sexual assault
“Black Box Diaries,” her 2024 documentary chronicling her experience as a survivor of sexual assault, finally premiered on Friday after months of delay.
Journalist and director Shiori Ito speaks during a stage greeting after the Japanese release of the "Black Box Diaries" in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 13, 2025
Shiori Ito’s Oscar-nominated #MeToo film finally screened in Japan
A Japanese #MeToo campaigner's documentary premiered in her homeland on Friday after months of delays, with one audience member saying she hoped it triggered a change in society.
“Black Box Diaries” documents Shiori Ito’s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 4, 2025
‘Black Box Diaries’ is Shiori Ito’s unflinching case for the truth
After a re-edit, Shiori Ito’s Academy Award nominated documentary is finally getting released in Japan.
"Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days" traces the trailblazing musician’s life after his terminal cancer diagnosis, showing how he confronted mortality while continuing to create.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 26, 2025
NHK’s ‘Last Days’ wins International Emmy for Ryuichi Sakamoto portrait
The documentary lands 91AV原创 sole prize at the ceremony honoring television from around the world.
Shiori Ito at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York in January
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025
Shiori Ito’s documentary to be finally screened in Japan next month
The Japanese release of “Black Box Diaries” includes revisions, although it’s not clear precisely what edits have been made.
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
BASEBALL
Oct 16, 2025
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Baseball has been a shared love between Japan and the United States for over 150 years — a sport that has connected the nations despite disagreements large and small.
Director Spike Lee attends a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 17, 2025
ESPN will not air Spike Lee’s docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, citing ‘creative differences’
The project has been canceled over “certain creative differences,” according to the U.S. sports broadcaster.
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2025
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
As rural towns in Japan decline, Yukio Iokibe’s documentary offers a hopeful reminder that democracy endures through advocacy, persistence and human connection.
Activists, filmmakers and survivors attend a symposium in Tokyo marking 60 years since the discovery of Niigata Minamata disease.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 11, 2025
Film symposium marks 60 years since Niigata Minamata disease outbreak
The disease caused by mercury poisoning was documented in such films as “Fighting Pollution” and “Minamata Mandala.”
Hamdan Ballal (center right) with colleagues after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature for "No Other Land" on March 2
WORLD
Mar 26, 2025
Oscar-winning Palestinian director injured in attack by Israeli settlers released after arrest
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the award-winning “No Other Land,” was released from detention on Tuesday.
Shiori Ito is the first Japanese director to have been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature film. "Black Box Diaries," which tells the story of her quest for justice following her rape in 2015, hasn't been released in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2025
Can Shiori Ito’s documentary open 91AV原创 black box?
Concerns about footage in “Black Box Diaries” have stopped its release in Japan. But Shiori Ito’s story needs to be brought to people’s attention — in all its harrowing details.
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2025
Japan release of Shiori Ito’s documentary in limbo
Lawyers including an attorney who fought alongside the journalist in a civil suit against her attacker have raised legal and ethical concerns over the film.
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa’s filming style — naturalistic, intimate and unobtrusive — proved essential to portraying anime powerhouse Hayao Miyazaki as a man as flawed and human as he is a visionary artist in “Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 31, 2025
Two decades of unparalleled access into the world of Hayao Miyazaki
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa has spent years filming the anime powerhouse to reveal the man beyond the myth.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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