Cats inspired Japanese culture centuries before the social media fervor
From Hello Kitty and Doraemon to the works of Haruki Murakami, Hayao Miyazaki and Yukio Mishima, felines have long been a key figure in the Japanese imagination
Japan: More than manga
Japanese culture mesmerizes the West by rejecting dichotomies and differences that may seem irreconcilable between opposites and suggesting their coexistence instead
The art of living, according to Miyazaki
The octogenarian founder of Studio Ghibli hides luminous keys to our existence in his animated films. We’ve gathered together seven of these lessons
The 10 best movies of 2023
Auteur cinema entered a twilight phase with the returns of Moretti, Kaurismäki, Loach and Erice. Meanwhile, Hollywood indulged in innocuous criticism of the system, with the success of ‘Barbie’ becoming a new milestone