A Japanese film crew has visited the island ... side of the world is just such an incredible feeling." The documentary is about the history of knitting in the British Isles. While in the island ...

Yoshiki, the co-founder of X-Japan, is ready for his closeup with the documentary ... X” chronicles one of the biggest bands in music history, at least on their side of the Pacific, as ...

A+E Japan has partnered with Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs for the hour-long culinary documentary The Art of Washoku, Honoring Nature and the Seasons.

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary "Black Box Diaries" is not only one of the most acclaimed films of the year, but also a high point in Japanese cinema. Nominated for Best ...

The film, titled “Notre ami l'atome--Un siecle de radioactivite” (Our friend the atom--A century of radioactivity), traces the history ... across Japan in October. The documentary features ...

The documentary also includes footage of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan member Yuniko Michiyoshi doggedly questioning Prime Minister Abe Shinzō in the Diet about Itō’s case.

This year, Japan has multiple reasons to rejoice, as two Japanese documentary films, Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries” and Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” and one ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... along the way and garnering a best documentary nomination at the Oscars, a first in that category by a Japanese director. In her native country ...

When freelance journalist Shiori Ito won her lawsuit against prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi in a rape case in 2019, it seemed like one of Japan’s most high-profile #MeToo cases had come ...

Her advocacy challenging Japan’s society norms toward sexual assault is featured in her documentary “Black Box Diaries.” But the film’s portrayal of sexual violence and use of contested ...

Shiori Ito’s searing indictment of Japan’s justice system in handling sexual assault cases is nominated for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards. By Kiuko Notoya and Martin ...