Performers with Sasago Oiwake Puppet Theatre are visiting Iowa from Yamanashi prefecture. That prefecture has been Iowa's ...

Many of the stories are tragic. YOKO SHIOYA: Japanese puppet theater is basically for adults. VANASCO: Yoko Shioya is the artistic director of Japan Society. She says, here, the company is ...

Chloé Viatte Born in Paris. Received a master’s degree in Japanese language and culture at INALCO, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris. Studied for a year in ...

Steam wafts from the big bowl of noodles before me while Yoko Tanaka, the executive director of the Japan America Society of ...

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Born in Osaka some 300 years ago, Japanese puppet theater—Bunraku—is a stunning yet refined spectacle. This program presents the story of Bunraku through two of its greatest masters ...

Also praised were the “kazego” puppets used on the stage, inspired by traditional Japanese “bunraku” puppet theater, along with Hisaishi’s music. The drama received six prestigious ...