CULTURE

In ‘Hotaru’, William Laboury Questions the Meaning of Our Collective Memory

Blaise Perrin’s ‘La Ronde’ on Small Acts of Heroism

British Pathé’s Japanese Archives Now Available Online

Vintage Animated Films Available Online

Suspended Moments in Ozu’s Cinema

Mishima, Heir to the Samurai Tradition

‘Life for Sale’, Yukio Mishima’s Forgotten Novel

‘Onsen of Japan’, the Guide to Japan’s Hot Springs

Reviving Osamu Tezuka’s Pencil Strokes Using Artificial Intelligence

Sawako Ariyoshi, the Japanese Simone de Beauvoir

‘Behind the Mask’: Michael Jackson Revisits Yellow Magic Orchestra

Ryuichi Sakamoto Dedicates a Concert to His Chinese Fans

tofubeats: from Netlabels to Warner, the Portrait of an Online Prodigy

From New York to Paris: Lico Nishimoto’s Very Modern Journey

Bar Martha, the Place to Be for Music Fans

Queering Video Games with Artist Christophe Galati

The Tattoos that Marked the Criminals of the Edo Period

Blaise Perrin’s ‘La Ronde’ on Small Acts of Heroism

Christine Bjerke Explores the World of the FX Beauties, the Future-Facing Housewives

Manga and LGBT Characters: Are We Witnessing an (R)Evolution?

Hokusai‘s Encyclopaedic Manga Project

Mishima, Heir to the Samurai Tradition

Colour Photos of Yakuza Tattoos from the Meiji Period

The Tattoos that Marked the Criminals of the Edo Period

British Pathé’s Japanese Archives Now Available Online

Roland Barthes and Japan

Wa, the Japanese Empire of Harmony

Charlotte Perriand and Japan

Ikigai, the Simple Recipe to Happiness?

Kanso, One of the Seven Pillars of Wabi-Sabi