Director of Chaos After tantalizing Japanese audiences in films like Suicide Club and Love Exposure, director Sion Sono makes his scariest move yet: a big-budget Hollywood production
Tall Order Some of Tokyo's iconic buildings are being lost to zoning laws that were intended to improve the city
Band of Sisters After finding fame as otaku idols, the Nakano Fujoshi Sisters are striking gold as a boy group
Beating Them at Their Own Game As Japan's first foreign mahjong professional, Jenn Barr has become a force on the local gaming scene
On the Cards The government says its new registration system for foreign residents will make our lives easier. But some lawmakers and privacy rights activists claim that Big Brother lurks around the corner
War Story Gregory Hadley's Field of Spears recounts a dramatic—and little-known—episode from the closing days of World War II. Yet as the author discovered, the story didn’t finish with the war's end