Koji Yamamura, the Japan side of independent animation
Koji Yamamura is an independent animator known for his short films such as Mount Head, A Country's Doctor or more recently Muybridge's Strings. After visiting his atelier, we will follow…
How Japanese Coffeehouse Culture Is Shaping LA’s Music Scene | utside the Lyrics | S2 E4
"Robeson Taj Frazier and Perry B. Johnson explore the rise of listening spaces in Los Angeles, tracing their roots to Japanese kissaten culture. At Gold Line, Stones Throw Records founder,…
See how the iconic LIFE Noble Notebook is made!
Made on one of only 3 machines left in Japan
Although the wind…
IZUMI SHIKIBU
Bestselling Women Writers in Japan Defy Cliché
Mieko Kawakami, Asako Yuzuki, and other novelists offer fewer cats and cafés, more cultural critique
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue (Japanese: パーフェクトブルー, Hepburn: Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is loosely based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis…
What is Zen Buddhism?
Religion for Breakfast
The Secret History
An investigation of the US’s mass internment of Japanese Americans
tech won’t save us: How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics
Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how it presents the prospect of a…