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Film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with actor Hidetoshi Nishijima and producer Akihisa Yamamoto, unseen, speaks during a news conference on their award winning film "Drive My Car" in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Japan's "Drive My Car" has won an Oscar for best international feature. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Director of 'Drive My Car' surprised by Oscar, popularity
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Tue,04/05/22-8:09AM , 744 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi says he was surprised by the international popularity of his Oscar-winning film “Drive My Car,” but attributes it to the universality of the short story by Haruki Murakami on which it is based.
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A Japanese white-eye, also known as Mejiro, drinks the nectar of a cherry blossom in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season this week without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time in two years, but many people strolled under the trees to enjoy flowers and falling petals rather than drinking and eating at sit-down parties. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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AP PHOTOS: Japan enjoys peak cherry blossoms, but no party
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Thu,03/31/22-6:01AM , 1,025 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — People are celebrating Japan's peak cherry blossom viewing season without COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in two years. But many are strolling under the trees rather than drinking and eating in traditional party style.
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Ukraine's YouYubers Sava Tkachov, right, and his young brother Yan Tkachov attend a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Ukrainian YouTuber duo Sawayan, popular among young Japanese for their funny videos and chat over Mario Kart games, are now using their platform to share the reality of war in Ukraine and send an antiwar message. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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War transforms Ukrainian brothers' gaming YouTube channel
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Thu,03/31/22-5:36AM , 534 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel popular with young Japanese with updates from their country that bring the harsh realities of war closer to Japan.
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A damaged gate of a Buddhist temple is seen untouched on an empty street in Futaba, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Until recently, Futaba, home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been entirely empty of residents since the March 2011, disaster. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Hope, hard reality mix in Japanese town wrecked by disaster
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Thu,03/17/22-9:00PM , 674 Reads
FUTABA, Japan (AP) — Yasushi Hosozawa returned on the first day possible after a small section of his hometown, Futaba, reopened in January — 11 years after the nuclear meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi plant.

It has not been easy.
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