Tag Archives: Japan

Whether you consider yourself a martial arts movie fan or not, add both of these films to your must-see list. Between all that entertaining kicking, yelling, and jumping you’ll find deep emotional moments and romantic comedy.

'Okinawa' by Susumu Higa is a powerful read hiding its complexity beneath depictions of people's everyday existence in war and peace.

'White Savior' by Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman shows that history, and even the present, is not always as clear as it might seem.

This one-act opera dramatizes the genesis and composition of 'The Tale of Genji.' With emotionally penetrating music and glorious singing, On Site Opera's production has as much to say about our modern world as about ancient Japan.

As Mr. Obama recognized the Japanese losses at Hiroshima and the event that caused them, there is a resonance for Americans who are remembering their own losses this Memorial Day weekend.

An iconic character like Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes often generates knockoffs—some terrible, some fair. 'The Missing Years' starts with some promise, but ends up more like a fake Rolex.

I think sometimes fiction actually allows you to be more honest than autobiography, because it gives you plausible deniability.

The Texan behind the popular 'Texan in Tokyo' blog and author of 'My Japanse Husband Thinks I'm Crazy' talks about how she got started, and the costs of 'making it big.'

Inoue's early works cast a light upon a period of Japanese history, the post-World War Two period, that is little known to most English-speaking readers. They also reveal why he is as venerated as he is.

Author Stefhen Bryan's performance piece chronicling his triumphs over childhood abuse and sexual addiction comes off more opportunistic than inspirational.