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Two Oscar-nominated documentaries about Japan in 2025: “Instruments of a Beating Heart” and “Black Box Diaries”

Two documentaries about Japan have been nominated for the Oscars in 2025. Although they focus on different topics of Japanese society and culture, both explore the unspoken facets of contemporary Japan.

Instruments of a Beating Heart

“Instruments of a Beating …

Sun, March 2, 2025 | 313 Words | Comment

Japan’s 23rd petition for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list (Japanese traditional fork dances)

Japan is trying to get the Japanese traditional fork dances approved for the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2021.

Japan currently has 22 cultural practices/heritages in the the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Here is the list of these …

Sat, February 20, 2021 | 4,989 Words | Comment

The emotional toll of COVID-19 in Japan

A mother of a young child with COVID-19 chose to end her own life for the fear of having spread the virus at her child’s elementary school. She left a note “I’m so sorry to have caused trouble.”

In Japan, …

Thu, February 11, 2021 | 110 Words | Comment

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