Japan Producer Organization Calls for End to Cinema Closures

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“F9” became the most-watched foreign film in South Korea since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on another weekend where Hollywood and Japanese titles dominated the South Korean box office.The weekend box office chart was headed by “Cruella,” which held strong in its third frame and swapped places with newer “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”“Cruella” scored $1.82 million according to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s film tracking service,

John Wick film.The fourth instalment of the Keanu Reeves-led film is due to start filming in the next couple of months in Berlin, followed by shoots in France, Japan and New York ahead of its slated May 2022 release.Speaking in a new interview, Fishburne, who plays the head of the Bowery, an underworld intelligent network disguised as a homeless shelter, told Collider: “I should be going to Berlin within another couple of months or so.”Unable to share any real details about the film, Fishburne

Japanese Breakfast has performed in the trailer for new Sims 4 expansion pack Cottage Living – see her perform ‘Be Sweet’ in Simlish below.Simlish is the fictional language spoken within the video game, and Michelle Zauner performs her recent single, taken from her ‘Jubilee’ album, entirely in the language.As announced this week, Cottage Living will launch within The Sims 4 next month.

Bright Eyes have unveiled some new summer 2021 tour dates – see them all below.Arriving to support of last year’s comeback album, ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’, the group are heading out on an 11-date East Coast tour this July and August. You can buy tickets for the gigs here.For their gigs in New Haven, the group will be joined by Japanese Breakfast and Lucy Dacus.Dacus will further support Bright Eyes for their gig in New York City on July 31.

Celtic transfer target Ado Onaiwu admits he owes everything in his career to new Parkhead boss Ange Postecoglou. The Yokohama F.

John Kennedy is reported to be considering his future at the club, as he harbours ambitions of taking the top job elsewhere. The former centre-back has risen through the coaching ranks after his career was cruelly cut short by injury, and stepped into the breach after Neil Lennon 's departure in February.

The sports world is having a reckoning right now.

Ew, David! Some people find tremendous joy in pimple popping videos, others love to pick off nail polish. But Daniel Levy’s guilty pleasure may just be the most icky of them all — a skin-shedding foot mask. 

The character posters for Henry Golding‘s new movie Snake Eyes are here.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn a departure, Japan’s Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind two of the biggest anime TV franchises ever, “Doraemon” and “Crayon Shin-chan,” is teaming with France’s Miyu Productions to co-produce “Ghost Cat Anzu,” an auteurist animated feature film.Directed by Japan’s Nobuhiro Yamashita and Yoko Kuno, “Ghost Cat Anzu” also marks the latest expansive move by Miyu, a major French force for years in graduate and professional short film production and

Billie Eilish and Katy Perry are among the star names to have signed a UNICEF open letter which is urging the Group of Seven (G7) countries to donate coronavirus vaccines to the global vaccine equity initiative COVAX.The G7 – whose core members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US – are meeting in St Ives, Cornwall from Friday to Sunday (June 11-13) for their latest summit, with the global response to the coronavirus pandemic expected to be top of the agenda.In an open

NBCUniversal announced today that it will present an unprecedented 7,000 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics this summer on two broadcast networks, six cable networks and multiple digital platforms serving both English and Spanish-language viewers.

NBCUniversal announced today that it will present an unprecedented 7,000 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics this summer on two broadcast networks, six cable networks, and multiple digital platforms, serving both English- and Spanish-language viewers.

Nintendo has announced it will be opening an official museum in Japan dedicated to showcasing products the Japanese company has launched over its history.In a press statement, Nintendo Co.’s representative director and president Shuntaro Furukawa revealed that the site of the tentatively named Nintendo Gallery will be the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant in Kyoto.“Nintendo has been discussing the possibility of building a gallery, as a way to share Nintendo’s product development history and philosophy

By Akira TomoshigeTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan joined leading figures in tennis in rallying around Naomi Osaka on Tuesday after the world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties, saying she had been suffering from depression and anxiety.

By Akira TomoshigeTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan joined leading figures in tennis in rallying around Naomi Osaka on Tuesday after the world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties, saying she had been suffering from "depression" and "anxiety".

Cinemas in Tokyo and Osaka will be allowed to reopen from June 1, as local authorities ease restrictions on large-scale facilities. The central government of Japan is extending a state of emergency, however, until June 20. Meanwhile, Universal Studios Japan is also set to open its doors on Tuesday, at reduced capacity and on weekdays only until further notice, the park said.

reported Thursday by multiple outlets. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was tapped to be Ambassador to India.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Asahi Shimbun newspaper, one of Japan’s most influential media and a partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has called for the cancellation of this summer’s rescheduled Games.In a Japanese-language editorial, published Wednesday local time, the paper cited risks to public health and stress on Japan’s medical system as the reasons for its call.“We ask prime minister Suga (Yoshihide) to calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of