The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes.
Category: Japan
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Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes.
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The Japanese Author Behind ‘Bullet Train’ Is OK That the Film Isn’t So Japanese
The New York Times – Film:
Kotaro Isaka dreamed that his novel would get the big-screen treatment. Now it’s an action thriller starring Brad Pitt. Does the lack of major Asian stars matter?
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For the Most Complex Heroines in Animation, Look to Japan
The New York Times – Film:
The girls and women of anime tend to experience the conflicting emotions of real life. That’s because the auteurs try to create “an everyday, real person.”
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Dozens Injured by Hot Coals at Company Event in Zurich
The New York Times – Travel:
More than two dozen employees of a Swiss company were injured while walking in bare feet over hot coals, an ancient religious tradition that has become popular on corporate retreats.
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Chie Hayakawa Imagines a Japan Where the Elderly Volunteer to Die
The New York Times – Film:
The premise for Chie Hayakawa’s film, “Plan 75,” is shocking: a government push to euthanize the elderly. In a rapidly aging society, some also wonder: Is the movie prescient?
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Book Review: ‘The Twilight World,’ by Werner Herzog
The New York Times – Film:
In “The Twilight World,” the filmmaker Werner Herzog vividly reconstructs the personal war of Hiroo Onoda, who stayed in the jungle for years after World War II ended.
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Japanese Pitcher Roki Sasaki Aims for Another Perfect Game
The New York Times – Sports:
The Japanese phenom is expected to start Sunday, with a streak of 52 consecutive retired batters on the line.
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Japan Still Closed to Most Travelers, Despite Asia Reopening
The New York Times – Travel:
Countries across region are reopening borders to tourists, but Japan continues to turn them away. And the country is not rushing to change things.