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How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed

Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.

By Nick Haramis

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Olivia Munn’s 5 Favorite Places in Tokyo

The actress, who stars in the new Apple TV+ series “Your Friends & Neighbors,” guides a treasure hunt though the city where she spent much of her childhood.

By Abbie Kozolchyk

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‘Love Hotel’ Review: Finding Space for Beauty in the Bleakness

A Shinji Somai contribution to a narrow soft-core subgenre crushes together the anonymity and violence, desire and trauma, that bind lives of alienation.

By Beatrice Loayza

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In Tokyo, Rice Farmers Protest ‘Misguided’ Rules Fueling Shortages

A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has worsened shortages.

By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno