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Fuji Keiko Dead in Apparent Suicide 22 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
<img src="http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/pix/f/fuji_keiko.jpg" width="420" height="417" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="1" title="Fuji Keiko" alt="Fuji Keiko"> <br clear=all>Keiko Fuji, a...
Kabuki World Mourns 5 Feb 2013 | 03:18 pm
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RIP Shindo Kaneto 3 Jun 2012 | 09:21 pm
More than 1,000 people attended today's funeral for the late movie director and screenwriter Shindo Kaneto (photo left), who died of natural causes on May 29 at the age of 100. At the Zojoji temple in...
Happy News for Anti-Nuke Campaigner Yamamoto 30 May 2012 | 11:22 am
Happy news from actor Yamamoto Taro. For the last year or so, Yamamoto (37) has received much more attention for his anti-nuclear campaigning than anything else. His very public stance is very rare am...
AKB48 Rule the Roost 23 May 2012 | 10:29 pm
A couple of stories today that prove just how dominant a commercial force AKB48 are. Their latest single, "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" has not only entered the Oricon charts at No.1 as expected but has s...
Stars Bid Farewell to their Don 23 May 2012 | 12:29 pm
Just about every major Japanese celebrity turned out yesterday for a memorial service for Nagara Jun, who died in an accident on a Hawaii golf course on May 2 at the age of 74. Known as the "Don" of t...
Takeshi Out of Step, Even With Mickey Mouse 18 May 2012 | 09:37 am
Japan Zone normally has a lot of time for outspoken comedian-actor-director Kitano "Beat" Takeshi (65), and we certainly wish him well as producers tout his upcoming movie at the Cannes International ...
Family Tradition Alive in Asakusa 12 May 2012 | 11:08 am
It was a busy day yesterday at the Sensoji temple, a popular draw for tourists in the old downtown area of Tokyo. Celebrity couple Azuma Takahiro (42) Max and Yasu Megumi (30) held a traditional weddi...
