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The works of filmmaker Katsushika Shussin speak for what cannot be put into words in everyday life.
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Satoko Shibata and Tomoyuki Natsume’s Musical Metamorphosis
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K-PRO’s Kina Kojima, whom the comedian calls “the mother of comedy,” talks about the changes in the comedy world after the Corona disaster.
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After graduating from Kyoto University, he was introduced to Shunputei Ichinosuke. The world of rakugo storytellers as told by Shunputei Ikkyu
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Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,
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