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Studio Ghibli New Movie

Ghibli: Miyazaki’s New Film Halfway Complete, Another Movie in the Offing

While Earwig and the Witch seemed to be a flop, Studio Ghibli is making another movie, and this one is almost half way done.
Nauru

Tiny, Complicated Nauru Becomes the Most-Followed Country on Japanese Twitter

Nauru has more Japanese Twitter followers than it does citizens. It also has a dark and complicated history with Japan.
Sugihara Chiune

Japan’s Schindler: How Sugihara Chiune Saved Thousands Of Jewish Refugees

The story of how a Japanese diplomat went against the dictates of his own government in order to issue Jewish refugees with visas to Japan.
Learning Japanese

Japanese: Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master

Our hosts discuss how they learned Japanese, great Japanese TV programs for learners, and their favorite (and most hated) Japanese words.
Earwig and the Itch images

Review: Ghibli’s Likable “Earwig and the Witch” Just Needs an Ending

There's a lot to love with Studio Ghibli's foray into 3D animation, says our reviewer - but also a lingering sense of incompleteness.
The Japanese-Brazilians return to Japan

Japanese-Brazilians: The Story of Their Return to Japan

The epic tale of the 300,000 Japanese-Brazilians that Japan insisted it needed - until it suddenly didn't.
brazil

The Japanese Who Came to Call Brazil Home

Why are there so many Brazilian-Japanese in Japan? The answer goes back to the Meiji era, and the government's need to get rid of its own citizens.

Demon Slayer: What Miyazaki Thinks of Film’s Smash Success

It raked in huge money in Japan. But what does Japan's most famous anime director think of KIMETSU NO YAIBA?
Japan as a painting in the museum

Japan Isn’t a Painting in a Museum

Why Westerners who treat Japanese culture as a finished, unchanging product need to learn more about Japanese history - and about life in modern Japan.

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