News World Legendary fashion designer Issey Miyake has passed away by Tammy Moir Issey Miyake expressed a unique blend of tradition and futuristic sensibilities in his work. The large volumes of colour, and bold strong lines, were a testament to his life and…
News World Japan makes cyberbullying punishable by one year in jail by Amy Davidson Japan has made online harassment punishable by up to a year’s imprisonment, in hopes of decreasing cyberbullying-related deaths. Since the cyberbullying-related suicide of 22-year-old wrestler and TV personality, Hana Kimura…
News Pride Wellbeing World The capitol of Akita held it’s first ever pride parade by Chloe Maddren While Japan held it’s first pride parade in Tokyo almost 30 years ago, the small mountainous prefecture of Akita showed support for the movement on May 28. As a part…
Books News Mieko Kawakami’s poetic and probing new novel: ‘All The Lovers In The Night’ by Tammy Moir All The Lovers In The Night, by bestselling author Mieko Kawakami, is sweet, subtle, and leaves a lasting impact. Deeply poetic, confronting, and not least of all probing, Kawakami leaves…
News Japan’s welcome for Jacinda Ardern has been described as kiwifruit gatecrashing a funeral by Lochie Schuster New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was welcomed by two people dressed in jumbo sized kiwifruit costumes, swaying sadly to a pretty sombre tune. Ready for a laugh? Good. Because…
Music News ‘Best Album Supervillian’ is the perfect summary of Vickeblanka’s career to date by Lochie Schuster Vickeblanka has shot into the spotlight since 2018, leading the way as one of Japan’s biggest breakout artists since 2018, racking up more than 350 million streams. J-Pop favourite Vickeblanka,…
News World Here’s what you need to know about the earthquake in Japan by Chloe Maddren More than two million homes were left without power after a strong earthquake rocked Japan’s north-east for more than two minutes. At around 11:30 last night, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake…
News Weird World Japanese “Killing Stone” thought to contain a chaotic demon was split in half by Daniel Alex Great! A Japanese stone containing an ancient demon has mysteriously split in two and locals are freaked. As if 2022 wasn’t cooked enough, on Monday an evil nine-tailed fox demon…
News Science New research could solve the mystery of a 300-year-old ‘mermaid mummy’ by Lochie Schuster Scientists are still baffled by a 300-year-old mummified ‘mermaid’, but the mystery could be unraveled as they undergo new research. Just a warning: this article contains a slightly-freaky photo of…
News Sony and Honda are teaming up to rival Tesla with a run of electric cars by Lochie Schuster Two of Japan’s biggest companies are joining forces to take on Elon Musk’s company Tesla in the electric car market. Yesterday, Sony and Honda announced that they plan to establish…
Film and TV News Hayao Miyazaki abandons retirement for one final Studio Ghibli film by Alastair Cairns Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of his generation and, despite a brief retirement, he will complete one final film for Studio Ghibli – an adaptation of…
Clocked News Manga pirate sentenced to 3 years in prison with over $600,000 in fines by Alys Oldham Romi Hoshino, operator of one of the biggest manga piracy sites Manga-Mura, has been sentenced to three years in prison and copped over $600,000 in fines for copyright infringement. Sometimes heroes…
Clocked News Train with the pro gamers in Tokyo’s first esports gym by Alison Lam Tokyo is the home of many things; anime, electronics, and gaming. So it comes as no surprise that it’s where you’ll find the first esports gym in Japan. Being the…
