U.S. air raids continued against Japan until the day of its surrender in the Pacific War because Tokyo was reluctant to accept the Potsdam Declaration over the emperor’s status, according to researcher Yozo Kudo.
Akira Kurosawa’s films motivated a generation of American filmmakers who drew inspiration from his classics “Ran” and “Seven Samurai.” Film buffs can learn more until Nov. 27 about Kurosawa’s oeuvre at an exhibition of his screenwriting at the National Film Archive of Japan in Tokyo.
The 19 stations of Japan’s oldest subway line cross Tokyo’s many internal boundaries, tying together the city’s heritage, corporate superpower status and unique shitamachi downtown culture