Kichijoji no Asahina-kun

The kind of film we wish Japan would make more of

Daddy Day Care

Tokyo’s expat house husbands are teaming up

Birth Complications

How Japan’s declining birthrate became a political football

Custody Crisis

Attorney-at-law Hangnyeon Chang answers your divorce concerns

Ladybeard

The cross-dressing pro-wrestler metalhead bodyslams Japan

Seijun Suzuki

Unearthing the other side of cinema

The Big Pink

Sampled by Niki Minaj, blogged by Kanye West… and tied up in Osaka

Sarariman NEO

Tales of the Super Salaryman

Womb Adventure

Mega DJ Luciano headlines the big barn rave at Makuhari

Eonnagata

A dance-theater hybrid based on a transgender spy

Shuffle

Five bank robbers stuck in a building. Sound like anything?

Pilgrim’s Picnic

Tokyo serves up turkey with all the trimmings this thanksgiving