JOIN CLUB
Western rap influences are dominating the country’s charts – here, we round up the key artists leading the charge
Aug 09, 2024
We round up the best works from one of Japan’s most underrated directors, from his coming-of-age film Typhoon Club to avant-garde fairytale Luminous Woman
Jul 22, 2024
Following the release of his new EP The Last Summer, the Oakland artist breaks down Bay Area hyphy culture and why he’s learning not to be cool
Jul 18, 2024
TERMINAL opens at Datsuijo Gallery Space later this week, featuring photographers Siam Coy and Yuka Hirac
Jun 04, 2024
With Shogun’s gut-churning climax now behind us, we talk to the show’s scene-stealing supporting star to discuss his legendary career
May 08, 2024
We take a trip through some of the country’s most surreal movie classics, from Akira Kurosawa’s jaw-dropping masterpiece Dreams, to Satoshi Kon’s logic-defying sci-fi Paprika
Apr 22, 2024
As the Queer East film festival hits London this week, we pick out our highlights from the programme – from 90s Japanese cult classic Summer Vacation 1999, to ethereal Sichuan doc The Last Year of Darkness
Apr 15, 2024
Following the success of 2021’s Drive My Car, the Japanese director returns with an unsettling new film – here, he talks to Nick Chen about the secrets that lie behind it
Apr 05, 2024
Vuse
The Japanese designer is the latest artist to join the initiative
Apr 03, 2024
‘I felt like I stumbled into someone else’s dreams’: The Chinese-born, Los Angeles-based photographer explores the complexity and allure of Tokyo as an outsider
Mar 20, 2024
Japanese fetish nights, urban isolation, and the hotel from Lost in Translation: we explore the story behind the first issue of this bilingual art, fashion and culture magazine made by Tokyo creatives
Mar 13, 2024
On DEATH RAVE, the Japanese group brings a fusion of black metal, techno and visual art as an ‘absolutely new and overwhelming experience’
Mar 12, 2024
Working with artist MILTZ, the latest partnership champions the rising Japanese artist
Mar 11, 2024
As the infamous softcore cinema line celebrates its 50th anniversary, we dive into its strange world of serious, stylish sex stories
Feb 06, 2024
‘Cute’s potential to change our way of being could be more radical than we might ever have imagined’: Somerset House’s new exhibition, Cute, explores the potent and intoxicating power of cuteness
Jan 24, 2024
