Search Results: death
Taking the Stares
Or, how to avoid being gawked at in Japan
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
Hung Jury
Changes to Japan's legal system may energize the debate over capital punishment
Highway to Hell
Or, why I hate driving in Japan
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
The Rainmaker
Author Barry Eisler has found gold on the mean streets of Tokyo with six books about Japanese-American assassin John Rain. Now the action is coming to the big screen
On the Road to Justice
A motorcyclist sets out to keep his family's killer behind bars
Head Case
In his new documentary, director Kazuhiro Soda explores the taboo subject of mental illness
Red Star Rising
With global Capitalism on the ropes, local Communism is on the rise