TOKYO — More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese capital. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown ...
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Oscar-winning director William Friedkin, whose films included “The French Connection,” ...
Tokyo, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese woman orphaned by a massive U.S. air raid on Tokyo 80 years ago, in the late stage of World War II, had her life turned upside down. "Many people had their ...
It’s been 35 years and now it’s finally time to discover “Tokyo Pop” in a brand-new 4K restoration at the Brattle Theatre this weekend. “Nobody had a chance to see it when it was originally released,” ...
After its devastation in World War II, Tokyo saw a rapid population inflow in the 1960s on the back of Japan's strong economic recovery, and some 14 million people now live in the Japanese capital.