Kiyoku Yawaku

Japan makes yet another romantic drama about a damaged woman who learns to love again

Damo Suzuki

An improvised life

KiNK

Bleeding-edge electronics from Bulgaria

New York City Ballet

Principal dancer Jared Angle plays down the Black Swan drama

God of Fire

There’s more to Narita than just the airport—discover how a visit to the city’s famous temple can make your world a more contented place

October 11, 2013

Opera-listening mice, honest earners, skeletons in the closet and more.

A Cutlet Above The Rest

Five of Tokyo’s best tonkatsu restaurants

Tokyo International Film Festival 2013

All you need to know about TIFF

Demonstration

Speaking out against shark fin soup

Planning Ahead

Smartphone planners are so last year

Autumn Reading

A look at some new titles to fill out your bookshelf

West Winds

Japan should open up to China the way it did with the US