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Monsters Plague Japan. But What Do They Mean?

How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures.

By Aatish Taseer and Tess Ayano

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In ‘Godzilla x Kong,’ Destruction, But Not Much Concern

The latest sequel in the Monsterverse has plenty of destruction, but little concern about the death toll.

By Esther Zuckerman

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The Newest ‘Godzilla’ Film Is Stranger Than Fiction

Effects artists annihilate cities in movies all the time. Tokyo really was destroyed, a reality the best Godzilla stories have always taken seriously.

By Robert Rubsam