Movie about Shinzo Abe assassination reportedly in the works
Too soon? In 2022, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who at the time had retired and was a Member of Parliament, was shot on the street while campaigning for a…
Japanese Starbucks that’s also an art gallery hosts exhibition by painters from Tokyo’s top art school
Starbucks in artsy neighborhood wants to showcase work by local creatives. There are a lot of Starbucks dotting the map of Tokyo, but only one of them is also an…
Denizens of a Crowded City Populate Erin Milez’s Dense Paintings
Whether it’s scenes from the subway, streets, or Times Square, visions of New York City are often hectic and crowded. For Erin Milez, the hustle and bustle, but moreover the…
Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono
Visitors to 600-year-old temple prohibited from wearing traditional garment following problems caused by those prioritizing cool social media photos over basic manners. Seiraiin is a temple in Kyoto’s Gion district,…
40 Filmmakers in 25 Countries Team Up for an Ode to Nature Shot Entirely on Super 8 Cameras
Before the iPhone essentially turned all of us into documentarians, the Super 8 camera offered a more democratic approach to filmmaking. Kodak introduced the analog format in 1965 with an…
Starbucks Japan adds new Sweet Potato Frappuccino and Latte to the menu, but do they deliver the taste of autumn?
New drinks coincide with the opening of the chain’s new “Customisation Bar”, giving us a hack for making them even better. There’s now a distinct feeling of autumn in…
Connor Hellebuyck, Quinn Hughes, Dylan Larkin anchor NHL’s 5 biggest unanswered questions
We're a week out from NHL rookie camps and two weeks from main camps. Let's get you caught up on some of the league's top storylines.
75,000 Patterned Paper Kites Cascade in Jacob Hashimoto’s Largest-Ever Installation
Created from bamboo and printed Japanese paper, Jacob Hashimoto’s elaborate installations cascade from the ceiling to create a vibrant “cloud canopy.” In his latest exhibition titled Giant Arc, ripples of…
FOSS Weekly #26.36: Debian CERN Win, Faster Firefox, Free Bash Course, Grub Customization and More Linux Stuff
Firefox 155 has arrived quietly, speeding up page loads with Happy Eyeballs v3 and QUIC v2. And the timing is perfect for you to switch. Google just removed uBlock Origin…
1Password Just Pledged $300,000 to DHH’s Omarchy, and its Own Employees Aren’t Happy
Omarchy has been on something of a roll now. Funding for its foundation has been climbing fast, from an $8 million launch to $10 million a few weeks later, and…