High school baseball movie “Rookies – Sotsugyo” looks likely to be the hot movie ticket of the summer. Distributor Toei said yesterday that advance tickets sales have reached 180,000 since March 8, surpassing those at the same point for last year’s “Hana Yori Dango – Final.” That movie went on to make ¥7.7 billion and became the biggest Japanese box-office success of 2008. The two movies seem to have been born from the same formula: they are both adaptations of TV series that ran on the TBS network, and bring to a climax the story that played out on TV; they both made the leap to the big screen because of high audience ratings; and they both feature a cast of handsome young actors. Mind you, though the story revolves around a high school baseball team aiming for the national championships, all the actors are in their 20s. Yesterday, they took on a real team of elementary schoolers in Futagotamagawa, the Tokyo suburb where their fictional school is located, and beat them 6-2. They then led a parade through the local shopping district, where 1,000 fans turned out to cheer them on. The movie is scheduled to open on May 30.
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The Tokyo Olympics are proving really effective for outing ignorant, misogynistic old men. Naomi Watanabe is a funny lady who is well used to people having a dig at her weight, but "Olympig"? Seriously?!
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Tokyo Olympic ceremonies chief quits over insulting 'Olympig' idea - The Mainichi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The organizing committee of this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Thursday it has accepted its creative director's offer1 month ago
Hard to believe it was 10 years ago today. A disaster that took so many lives and changed a great many more forever.
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Ten years on, Japan mourns victims of earthquake and Fukushima disaster — Reuters UK
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With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan on Thursday mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima.2 months ago
Sigh. Some things just never change, do they.
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Mori to resign over sexist comments; Kawabuchi, 84, tipped to replace him
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The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said on Thursday, while the former prime minister said he could not let the controversy drag on. Mori's resignation would be bound to raise new doubts ove...3 months ago
Is Yoshihide Suga soon to become another name in the long list of short-lived Japanese prime ministers? And could he even be replaced by, of all people, Shinzo Abe?!
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Japan Outbreaks Make Suga Look More Like Short-Term Premier
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A surge in coronavirus cases in Japan has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s once strong public support, raising the risk he gets replaced by the ruling party ahead of an election that must be held by October.4 months ago
Heavy snow is nothing new for large parts of northern Japan. But I for one would certainly not fancy having to sit in a freezing car for days.
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Japan snowstorm: 'I had to eat snow' — BBC News
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Hundreds of drivers were stranded when heavy snow blanketed part of the Kanetsu expressway.