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Police have arrested 30-year-old Kabuki actor Nakamura Tsurumatsu on suspicion of breaking a Tokyo restaurant's door by kicking it on Sunday, people familiar with the matter said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/crime-legal/kabuki-actor-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Kabuki found new fans, noh went techno and opera sang in multiple languages as Japan’s performing arts scene spent 2025 pushing beyond tradition and toward inclusivity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/19/stage/japan-theater-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Surprise hit “Kokuho” grossed more than $111 million, becoming the first movie in 22 years to break Japan’s box office record for a domestic live-action film. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/25/film/kokuho-film-break-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan’s treasured traditional arts face a widening gap between aging masters and too few successors, forcing the country to rethink how it preserves, modernizes and sustains its cultural heritage for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/19/japan/japans-aging-cultural-heritage-guardians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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ICYMI: Rupan Sansei is in full kabuki mode through almost its entire run, with language that tends to be just as inscrutable for Japanese speakers as Shakespeare can be for English natives. Still, the characters shine through.

https://unseen-japan.com/we-saw-the-lupin-iii-kabuki-and-so-should-you/

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Anime, streaming, even YouTube — kabuki is stepping into the digital age. A smash-hit film is helping lead the way. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/03/stage/kabuki-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Lee Sang-il's three-hour kabuki drama, once deemed a “high business risk,” overcame doubts over subject matter to find its audience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/18/film/kokuho-box-office-expectations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Despite its very 70s vibes, international settings, and jazzy music, Lupin often features deep Japanese cultural pulls. Transposing the action to late 16th-century Japan works more easily than you might imagine.

https://unseen-japan.com/we-saw-the-lupin-iii-kabuki-and-so-should-you/

The Lupin cast in their usual anime form in an advertisement for the Minami-za production of Rupan Sansei.
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The live-action Japanese movie "Kokuho" has made over ¥10.5 billion in box office revenue in a feat not achieved in Japan since "Bayside Shakedown 2" in 2003. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/19/entertainment-news/kokuho-revenue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Once you learn the terminology for kabuki, step farther into the world by recognizing the classical Japanese used in its scripts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/06/26/language/japanese-kabuki-terms-language/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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You don’t have to be a kabuki expert to be impressed — Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama deliver stage performances that are both convincing as kabuki and arresting as drama in Lee Sang-il’s ambitious film. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/08/film/kokuho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Director Lee Sang-il turns a long-held vision into reality with his sumptuously shot film tracing one actor's lonely ascent to greatness in the world of kabuki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/06/film/kokuho-sang-il-lee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Noh and kabuki are teaming up with pop culture figures such as Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku for a kabuki show at the Osaka Expo and DJ Ken Ishii for Technoh Lab night at Suigian restaurant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/17/stage/kabuki-modern-hatsune-miku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V has assumed the name Onoe Kikugoro VIII at a special performance held at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/kikugoro-name-succession/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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JR East and entertainment company Shochiku announced a comprehensive business tie-up to accelerate tourism and regional revitalization efforts through programs such as kabuki and anime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/19/japan/jr-east-shochiku-tie-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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When Gary Perlman's kabuki adaptation of "Madam Butterfly" premieres in December, it will be the first time a work conceived by a non-Japanese is shown at a major kabuki theater. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2024/11/07/our-lives/perlman-kabuki-madam-butterfly/

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Fatigued by the wacky Japan portrayed by “Cool Japan” experiences? For a price, stately Suigian combines noh, traditional dance and meals that are actually decent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/08/10/stage/suigian-noh-kabuki-dance-arts-nightlife/