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Judge Akireru Sugu explains, "When he came on the stage and pulled out his Kyocera porcelain fork and nothing else and brandished it in the air, then plowed in and…

The Global Gender Gap report published last year noted that Mr. Abe and the LDP's pledge to bridge the gender divide resulted in actually widening the gulf, with Nippon sliding…

On the plane, as I scratched my hipster beard, I wondered: Do Japanese people shave a lot? Would my tattoo that read 肉食 (Meet People) charm the natives or alienate…

They will never catch the man. But that police report mattered. Women matter. Their safety matters. Procedure matters. Their stories matter. Their dignity matters. Though you would not have known…

新しいグローバルのポップグループ「NOW UNITED」は既存のグループとは異なり、踊りや歌だけ ではなく、リアルタイムでグループの⾳楽や私⽣活にアクセスできるようになるのが⼀つの特徴です。 若者が如何に熱意のある演技ができるのかがオーディションのポイントとなります。「⽇本の⾊鮮や かでスケールの⼤きい⾳楽と踊りの世界が⼤好きで、今回のグローバルグループにもその要素を取り ⼊れることがとても⼤切だと思いました。踊れて歌えるのはもちろんのこと、それ以上に世界を舞台 に⽇本を代表できるタレントを求めています。」とサイモン・フラーもコメントしております。

Simon Fuller is in the midst of putting together a global pop group, the first of its kind in the world, and he is looking for talented members to join…

If you feel like you’re on someone else’s path, feel creatively blocked, are bored with your current job, and remain unsure about whether you are maximizing your potential and/or whether…

Gentle readers, Thank you for spending another year with JSRC (Japan Subculture Research Center). This year we’ve posted some great articles, some useful reference materials, and next year we hope…

But I think that the reason the general public identified with the roles I played, was that they were struck by my stance as a man who unrelentingly stands up…

It may come across as an excuse but the entertainment industry will never see the end to altercations with the local yakuza regarding profit. When I was requested to be…