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Mr. Sato accosts award-winning actor Hideaki Ito【Interview】

Master Blaster
Dec 27, 2025
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Sato vs Ito: Requiem.

Japan
(actors • celebrities • COK • crazy • DMM TV • Donketsu • funny • Hideaki Ito • interviews • movies • Mr. Ito • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo Comic-Con • weird)

Hiroshi Abe’s legendary ultra-fast webpage to lose some accessibility in 2026

Master Blaster
Sep 2, 2025

Some things never change, even when they do.

Japan
(90s • actors • Hiroshi Abe • internet • movies • websites)

Tom Cruise brings Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning to Tokyo with special surprises

Oona McGee
May 11, 2025

We reveal what really went on at the red carpet premiere.

Japan
(actors • celebrities • COK • cool • Greg Tarzan Davis • Hayley Atwell • Hollywood film • Hollywood movies • Mission Impossible • Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning • movies • Pom Klementieff • premiere • red carpet • Simon Pegg • SNJO • Toda • Tom Cruise • voice actors • voice actresses)

Shinjuku Ninja Live Show: New Tokyo tourist attraction created by the Japan Ninja Council

Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2024

Kabuki musician teams up with the world’s only official ninja organisation for a night you’ll remember forever.

Japan
(actors • arts • cool • Japan Ninja Council • live event • Ninja • oiran • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ninja Live Show • shows • taiko • theatre • Tokyo • tradition)

Tom Cruise makes our reporter swoon at Top Gun: Maverick premiere in Japan

Oona McGee
May 27, 2022

Maverick comes to town, complete with fireworks and hand hearts.

C America, Japan, USA
(actors • anime • celebrities • COK • cool • Hollywood film • Hollywood movies • movies • premiere • SNJO • Tom Cruise • Top Gun • Top Gun: Maverick • voice actors • voice actresses)

Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken

Oona McGee
May 16, 2022

Real-life fan steps into the suit of the Colonel.

Japan
(actors • COK • Colonel Sanders • commercials • cool • fried chicken • funny • handsome guys • Japanese actors • Kento Kaku • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • marketing)

Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan

SoraNews24
Jan 12, 2022

Many are likening his look to Studio Ghibli’s Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle.

Japan, USA
(actors • anime • anime characters • bishonen • celebrities • Final Fantasy • hollywood • howl • Howl's Moving Castle • Kai Schreiber • Liev Schreiber • twitter • video games • Yuri!!! on Ice)

First look at Studio Ghibli’s new Spirited Away live-action stage play

Oona McGee
Nov 10, 2021

Cast appear on stage for the first time to give us a sneak peek at the upcoming production.

Japan
(actors • anime • films • Hayao Miyazaki • Imperial Theatre • Japanese actors • Kanna Hashimoto • Live action • movies • spirited away • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • theatre • voice actors)

Main cast for Spirited Away live-action stage play finally revealed!

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2021

Characters like No Face, Yubaba and Haku are set to be played by some very famous faces.

Japan
(actors • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Imperial Theatre • Japanese actors • Kanna Hashimoto • Live action • movies • spirited away • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • theatre • voice actors)

Can Tokyo hair stylists transform our reporter into Leonardo DiCaprio?【Photos】

Oona McGee
May 18, 2021

Jack Dawson’s beloved Rose joins us for this titanic journey from ordinary to extraordinary.

Japan
(actors • celebrities • COK • cosplay • fashion • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • Hollywood movies • Leonardo DiCaprio • makeover • Seiji Nakazawa • Shea Aoyama • SNJO • Titanic)

Japanese student writes to Arnold Schwarzenegger for English class, gets awesome reply in return

Oona McGee
May 12, 2021

As an Austrian-born American, Arnie knows what it’s like to step out of your comfort zone when learning English as a second-language.

Japan
(actors • Arnold Schwarzenegger • celebrities • English • hollywood • Japanese students • moving • teacher • teaching • touching • twitter)

Japanese actress Yui Aragaki stars in new H&M campaign

Oona McGee
Apr 28, 2021

Gakki steps into summer as the ambassador for a new sustainable fashion line.

Japan
(actors • actresses • clothes • environmentally friendly • fashion • Gakki • H&M • Japanese dramas • models • shopping • sustainability • Yui Aragaki)

30 percent of surveyed Japanese actors/voice actors admit to suicidal thoughts due to work

Katy Kelly
Nov 5, 2020

The results for the survey held by the Japan Actors Union have prompted the union to establish mental health services for their members.

Japan
(actors • COK • Japan Actors Union • mental health • society • suicide • voice actors • work)

Japanese actor Haruma Miura found dead at home in Tokyo

SoraNews24
Jul 18, 2020

Award-winning actor who starred in the hit film Koizora has died from a suspected suicide.

Japan
(actors • Haruma Miura • Japanese dramas • Koizora • musicians • news • suicide • Tokyo)

Brad Pitt discusses why his view on face masks changed in Japan

SoraNews24
Jul 2, 2020

Hollywood star now wonders why we don’t all mask up.

Japan, USA
(actors • Ad Astra • Brad Pitt • celebrities • coronavirus • face masks • hollywood • masks • movie stars • movies • Tokyo)

We travel to China to watch Studio Ghibli anime Spirited Away on its inaugural opening day

Oona McGee
Jun 25, 2019

Spirited Away finally premieres in China…but hardly anybody was at the cinema to see it.

China, Japan
(actors • anime • Catbus • cosplayers • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Spirited Away voice actors from China recreate iconic scenes from the anime film

Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2019

New series of posters are total Ghibli cosplay goals.

China, Japan
(actors • ads • anime • art • Chinese actors • chinese actress • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • voice actors)

Terrace House funnyman Ryota Yamasato now married to Japanese actress Yu Aoi

Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2019

The unlikely marriage that no one saw coming surprises everyone in Japan.

Japan
(actors • actresses • comedians • comedy • love • Netflix • news • reality TV • romance • Ryota Yamasato • Terrace House • TV shows • weddings • Yu Aoi)

Cameron Diaz in the Philippines? Lookalike tourist has everyone guessing on the island of Palawan

Oona McGee
May 28, 2019

Even local media reported news of Diaz’s visit, suggesting Bradley Cooper was by her side for the trip.

Europe, SE Asia
(actors • actresses • Bradley Cooper • Cameron Diaz • celebrities • celebrity sighting • El Nido • hollywood • Instagram • LOL • movie stars • social media • the Phillipines)

Jennifer Connelly sang a Japanese song that became a number one hit single in Japan 【Video】

Oona McGee
Feb 5, 2019

Watch as a teenage Connelly advertises a Technics product while singing in perfect Japanese.

Japan, USA
(actors • actresses • Graham Norton • hollywood • Japanese • Japanese ads • Japanese commercials • Jennifer Connelly • music • Technics • The Graham Norton Show • videos)

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