"Dirty Angels" opens Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/4mjyPz0 #ダーティ・エンジェルズ

ZooDystopia: How a young monkey points to the real situation in Japanese zoos. bit.ly/4s9KuS9 #パンチくん #日本動物園

What Tokyo is trying to do about soaring rents. bit.ly/4txPEZv #アフォーダブル住宅 #空き家税

Masako's Story 15: In Showa Japan, when 2 can't afford to live as 1, 1 has to go. bit.ly/413S2ek #昭和

"The Legend of Ochi" and "Pilot" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4sUIlLq @A24HPS #オチ @pilot_movie_jp #PILOT人生のリフライト

"The Bride!" and "Anaconda" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/48cebLh #ザ・ブライド #俺たちのアナコンダ

"Sound of Falling" and "Hallan" open Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/4dmOniZ @noroshi_gaga #落下音 @hallan_film #済州島四・三事件ハラン

Masako's Story 15: In Showa Japan, when 2 can't afford to live as 1, 1 has to go. bit.ly/413S2ek #昭和

"Chain Reactions" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4bDLoBF @extreme_film #チェイン・リアクションズ

"Young Mothers" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4twi8mv @Dardenne_cinema #そして彼女たちは

Tokyo condo developers return to the (rented) land. bit.ly/3Pw6J7u #定期借地権付きマンション

"The Thing With Feathers" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/3PuhUgR @feathers0327 #フェザーズその家に巣食うもの

Masako's Story 14: Don't go into the toilet, or how to survive poverty in 1960s Japan with your sanity in tact. bit.ly/3PpuH46 #昭和

Masako's Story 14: Don't go into the toilet, or how to survive poverty in 1960s Japan with your sanity in tact. bit.ly/3PpuH46 #昭和

"What Does That Nature Say to You" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/3NEnOeB @hongsangsoo_JP #自然は君に何を語るのか

"Project Hail Mary" and "Jules" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4d4f2RH @ProjectHM_movie #プロジェクト・ヘイル・メアリー @cominghome_2026 #カミング・ホーム

"Small Things Like These" and "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4sty4ph @ketsudanjp #決断するとき @ameliejp_2025 #アメリと雨の物語

"Marty Supreme" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/3NAxI0P @martysupreme_jp #マーティ・シュプリーム世界をつかめ

A brief history of stateless children in Okinawa. bit.ly/4blOGb8 #沖縄の無国籍児

Masako's Story 13: Going to Tokyo alone in elementary school to see the relatives and get a little taste of what's it’s like to belong to a family. bit.ly/3MZufc5 #昭和

Why are 134 electric vehicles bought for the Osaka Expo last year now sitting in a "bus graveyard"? bit.ly/4ujqChT #EVバス #大阪万博

philipbrasor.com/2026/03/08/m... The wheels on the grift go round and round.

"Holding Liat" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4cwZXYz @hgliat #ホールディング・リアット

"No Other Choice" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4cvPoF6 @NoOtherChoiceJP #しあわせな選択

"Blue Moon," "Wicked: For Good," and "Elis & Tom" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4cnViIh #ブルームーン @wickedmovieJP #ウィキッド永遠の約束 #エリスとトムボサノヴァ名盤誕生秘話

"Late Shift" opens Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/3PdXwAd @nursecall_movie #ナースコール

Police cite Tokyo election officials for playing with numbers. bit.ly/4rMreuA #無効票水増し #大田区選管

Masako's Story 12: Working for a living...at 11, in Showa Japan. bit.ly/3OCFhnY #昭和

Masako's Story 12: Working for a living...at 11, in Showa Japan. bit.ly/3OCFhnY #昭和

"Wuthering Heights" and "Shiva Baby" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/3MX8md8 #嵐が丘 @shivababy_jp #シヴァ・ベイビー

"The Disappearance of Josef Mengele" and "Malum" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/47akjmC @shinotenshifilm #死の天使ヨーゼフ・メンゲレ @extreme_film #マラム

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Some added information. bit.ly/4alTcGb

Masako's Story 10: Two damaged families trying and failing to make one "normal" family in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4rnLwKW #昭和

Masako's Story 10: Two damaged families trying and failing to make one "normal" family in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4rnLwKW #昭和

"In Our Day" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4an3CoQ @hongsangsoo_JP #私たちの一日

"Bugonia" and "Crime 101" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4qxAUI0 @bugonia_jp #ブゴニア #クライム101

"My Everything" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4aqZzrB #私のすべて

Background. bit.ly/4raVPSx

"Spermageddon" opens Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/4rad6ej @spermageddon_jp #スペルマゲドン精なる大冒険

Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育

Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育

"Together" and "Frewaka" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4tmiD2X @together0206 #トゥギャザー #FRÉWAKAフレワカ

This is powerful, deeply moving storytelling. Highly recommended. It asks—and answers—what it *felt* like to grow up in 1960s Japan with a Korean parent, in grinding poverty, while exploring the dark underside of Japan’s so-called economic miracle.

Masako's Story 10: Dinner for one, and other indignities of childhood poverty in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4qXuX8t #昭和 #貧乏生活

Rental guarantor companies move to the front lines in the battle between landlords and tenants, taking casualties in the process. bit.ly/4t73jr7 #家賃保証会社

Hot source: Does the Japanese press play fast and loose with off-the-record comments? bit.ly/4kc6RUA #官邸記者クラブ #オフレコ