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Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Gala, Anime Selections With Cate Blanchett

Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Gala, Anime Selections With Cate Blanchett

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled the Gala and Animation selections for its 39th edition, bringing a mix of recent festival standouts, star-driven international titles and high-profile Japanese animation to the Japanese capital next month. The festival’s 15-title Gala Selection includes Martin McDonagh’s soulful black comedy Wild Horse Nine, starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Steve Buscemi; Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth!, with Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde; Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve; Michael Showalter’s Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity, led by Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson; and Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. The section will also feature several prominent Asian titles, including Japanese filmmaker Sabu’s Taiwan-set Arrested Memory, which stars Ethan Juan and Wayne Wang’s Tokyo-set Diary of a Mad Old Man, starring Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing. The lineup also includes Yukiko Sode’s Cannes standout All the Lovers in the Night, Kazuya Shiraishi’s Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar and the feature adaptation The Tiger and Her Wings The …

Luxury watches worth .2 million stolen from a popular mall in Tokyo | Newsfeed

Luxury watches worth $1.2 million stolen from a popular mall in Tokyo | Newsfeed

Published by Sam Flores

It took just 10 seconds for thieves to steal $1.2 million worth of luxury watches from a Tokyo shop in broad daylight, police investigating the incident say. Now they’re trying to hunt down those responsible. Published On 26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026 Share Luxury watches worth $1.2 million stolen from a popular mall in Tokyo on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Vladimir Putin’s first visit to disputed Pacific islands draws Tokyo protest : NPR

Vladimir Putin’s first visit to disputed Pacific islands draws Tokyo protest : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko in Kurilsk on the Iturup Island, the largest of the Kuril Islands of Russia’s fareast, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic protest over the trip. Putin visited a fish plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the volcanic chain’s southern islands. He also briefly spoke to local residents and met with the governor of Russia’s Sakhalin region, Valery Limarenko. Japan asserts territorial rights to the four southernmost islands of the chain, which it calls the Northern Territories. The Soviet Union took them from Japan in the final days of World War II, and the dispute kept the countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending their hostilities. Decades of diplomatic efforts to negotiate a settlement haven’t produced any visible …

Itochu to buy 50% of US aircraft lessor Aviation Capital from Tokyo Century

Itochu to buy 50% of US aircraft lessor Aviation Capital from Tokyo Century

Published by Sam Flores

TOKYO, Aug 3 : Japanese trading house Itochu will buy 50 per cent of U.S. aircraft leasing business Aviation Capital Group (ACG) from Tokyo Century for $1.946 billion, it said on Monday, expanding its aviation operations on expectations of continued growth in the leasing market. • Itochu said the deal will also give it a role in the management of ACG, which is wholly owned by a Tokyo Century subsidiary. • Itochu leases more than 90 aircraft and engines to airlines worldwide. • Itochu has identified aviation as a key growth area and expects the acquisition to accelerate the expansion of related businesses and establish aviation as a new earnings pillar, Chief Financial Officer Hiroyuki Naka told a news conference. • The company aims to boost profit from its aviation-related business to 50 billion yen ($319 million) within five years, from an expected 16 billion yen in its 2026 financial year, Naka said. • The deal is scheduled to complete in the third quarter of the current financial year. ($1 = 156.7300 yen) Source link

17 favorite places to eat and drink in Tokyo, Japan

17 favorite places to eat and drink in Tokyo, Japan

Published by Sam Flores

Tokyo isn’t one city. It’s many cities, and each is its own universe. Occasionally — at a certain subterranean bar big enough for only seven people, or a sushi counter on the fifth floor of a random office building — I feel as if I’m stepping into another time or dimension. Finding your way to any of the millions of restaurants, cafes, bars and shops (some are micro-businesses in an alley in a village in the city) can be like figuring out a many-layered puzzle. Like Tokyo, each experience is dense. Use these handy dining guides for all of your summer travel, near and far. The Japanese word for hospitality is omotenashi. But its meaning goes far beyond just customer service. Even the translations “wholehearted, selfless hospitality” or “flawless care” don’t cover all of the philosophies that make up omotenashi: magokoro (“true heart” or “sincere feeling”), ichigo ichie (“one time, one meeting”) and kuuki wo yomu (“reading the air”). The last refers to the intuitive ability to anticipate guests’ needs before they ask — an …

The Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi Rumor Mill Lands in Tokyo

The Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi Rumor Mill Lands in Tokyo

Published by Sam Flores

Now, a breakthrough. Portraying the couple at their best were not paparazzi, fans, or photographers hired for red carpets and covers, but cooks, waiters, and caterers. The first selfie was shared on the Instagram profile of Udon Shin, a restaurant in Tokyo. Jenner and Elordi sport matching looks, both in casual black t-shirts. The comments filled up with well wishes and surprise: “this is how i found out they’re dating???”; “the restaurant just made it official”; an imagined conversation between the two: “Hey babe do you wanna go to Hawaii for the beach and then get noodles in Japan after?” Then it was time for Seirinkan, another restaurant that shared photos with the two stars. In one they pose together with the owner of the restaurant; in the other they chat amiably with him. Again, the comments section filled up: “this is actually boots on the ground journalism !!” and “they are so aesthetically pleasing together.” There was no shortage of questions as to the authenticity of the images, with onlookers wondering if artificial intelligence …

Japan seeks dialog, rejects neo-militarism label: defense minister

Japan seeks dialog, rejects neo-militarism label: defense minister

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Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 29, 2026. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP via Getty Images) Jam Sta Rosa | Afp | Getty Images “Japan’s door to dialog is always open” to the international community even as it increases defense spending and revises its arms exports guidelines, according to defense minister Shinjiro Koizumi. Speaking at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Koizumi said that Tokyo has consistently respected international law, adding that “Japan’s path as a peace-loving nation has been valued by the region and by the international community. This fact will not be shaken by false claims because it is a fact.” He also said about accusations Japan is engaging in “neo-militarism” that there’s “nothing further from the truth.” China’s defense ministry on May 28 had called on the international community to jointly contain Japan’s “neo-militarism,” according to state media outlet Xinhua. Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its …

We tested the most popular VPNs in New York, London, and Tokyo – this one is the best for traveling

We tested the most popular VPNs in New York, London, and Tokyo – this one is the best for traveling

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ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual private networks (VPNs) are the kind of tool that you don’t know you need until you need one. Especially when traveling, as so many do during the summer, the best VPNs are crucial for encrypting your traffic, disguising your IP address, and limiting the risk of data exposure and surveillance while you’re using public Wi-Fi. Also: The best travel VPNs But the main metric to consider when choosing a VPN is always going to be speed — specifically, download speeds — since that’s what most people do on the web, whether you’re streaming, saving an email attachment, installing new apps, or just about anything else. And when you’re traveling, you want a VPN that won’t slow you down. We ran the top five VPNs in our lab in Kentucky through rigorous testing to find the fastest VPN for traveling. The one VPN that stood out above the rest for speed was NordVPN, which is why it earns a ZDNET Lab Awards badge.  How we tested these …