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¡®Death Note¡¯ musical eyes a London breakthrough
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¡®Death Note¡¯ musical eyes a London breakthrough
Producers hope the hit adaptation opens the door for more Japanese original musicals overseas.
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Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
A zany weekly comedy show in Tokyo and Osaka aimed at non-Japanese speakers tries to jump over language barriers.
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¡®Princess Mononoke¡¯ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
Kabuki, one of Japan¡¯s oldest performing art forms, and Studio Ghibli seek modern resonance in an everchanging landscape for arts.
Tanjiro Kamado is a likeable protagonist in the stage show, even though he sometimes takes a backseat to the stories of other characters in this installment.
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Jun 19, 2026
¡®Demon Slayer¡¯ musical is for fans who¡¯ve done the homework
By Alicia Haddick
The record-breaking anime ¡°Demon Slayer¡± has been reimagined as a musical and its sixth installment premiered June 13.
Riyo, a former hitman portrayed by actress Sena, particularly stood out in her performance.
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Jun 2, 2026
New anime adapted for stage expands what 2.5D theater can be
By Alicia Haddick
¡°Gachiakuta,¡± a new, award-winning anime adapted for the stage, dazzled with dynamic multilevel fight and dance choreography with cues from martial arts and breakdance.
¡°Noli Timere,¡± a free open-air performance at SIFA's Festival Village, combines aerial acrobatics, contemporary dance and art sculpture.?
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May 22, 2026
At Singapore International Festival of Arts, theater spills into everyday life
By Zoria Petkoska
Tze Chien Chong, the new director of Singapore International Festival of Arts, strives to attract a broader audience to Singapore¡¯s oldest festival for performing arts.
In 2019, Saitama Arts Theater started permitting children under 3 to some of its shows. Previously, children under 4 were not permitted.
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May 3, 2026
No longer shushed: Japan¡¯s cultural venues make room for children
By Kris Kosaka
From ballet to museums, cultural institutions are adapting to the needs of families with young children.
Nakamura Tanenosuke adjusts himself before hitting the stage. Every actor in kabuki relies on one final, essential element to fully inhabit their role: the wig.
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May 1, 2026
Japan¡¯s wig masters bring the kabuki stage to life
By Natsuko Fukue
In kabuki, transformation begins with the wig, as master artisans shape identity, status and emotion strand by strand.
Company Grande¡¯s inaugural performance, ¡°The Rite of Spring,¡± took place Feb. 7 at Saitama Arts Theater.
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Mar 8, 2026
100 ways to belong: The radical inclusivity of Company Grande
By Kris Kosaka
Company Grande includes members from all ages, walks of life and abilities, showing the stage can also be an arena for amateurs, persons with disabilities and the elderly.
Richard Tomic, better known as ¡°Ricchaado¡± to his Instagram followers, debuted his stand-up set at Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward in December.
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Mar 1, 2026
From clicks to claps: Online comics seek the stage
By Laura Pollacco
Ricchaado, a comic from a generation that builds its humor in cyberspace, is the latest to try a transition to classic stand-up on stage.

Current permanent residency applications to be judged using new income criteria
Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Beast of Reincarnation shows Game Freak has more to learn
Releasing on Aug. 4, Beast of Reincarnation is set in a far-future version of Japan ruined by a mysterious apocalypse.
U.S. to close consulates in Canada, Japan and Indonesia, sources say
The U.S. State Department said in a notice ?sent to some congressional committees last week that it plans to close ?its posts ?in St. George's, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada. ?
Japan to add five-year stay period for Type 2 foreign workers
Holders of the Type 2 specified skilled foreign worker status are currently granted periods of stay for six months, one year, two years or three years.
Three lions die at Tokyo¡¯s Tama Zoo amid heat wave
Mugi, a female lion at Tama Zoo in Tokyo, has died following a heat wave in July.
Current permanent residency applications to be judged using new income criteria
Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Disinformation abounds online in aftermath of Kumamoto quake
Television screens in Tokyo show news coverage of a powerful earthquake hitting Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28. Some social media accounts have claimed that shaky footage of the quake was fake.
Japan defense report says China challenge must be met with ¡®overall national strength¡¯
Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers walk in front of a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile launcher, during the Balikatan annual joint military exercises at Culili Point Sand Dunes, in Paoay, Philippines, on May 6.
A pressing question on the front lines in Kumamoto: Who cares for the caregivers?
Tomoko Sato, the chief of emergency medicine at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, brought her two children to the hospital so she could continue treating patients following the Kumamoto earthquake.
For Japan¡¯s aging homeless population, brutal summers are dangerously inescapable
A homeless person near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. Authorities have warned the public to avoid unnecessary outings and advised people to stay in air-conditioned spaces, but for people who are homeless this is often not an option.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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