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Japan's interest rates hit a 31-year high at 0.75%, and the anime industry is paying the price. Higher borrowing costs, expensive outsourcing, and poverty wages mean lower quality shows, studio closures, and fewer original projects
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South Korean performance collective KASSNA heads to London’s Theatro Technis this November with User Manual for a Broken Machine, an
The Ministry of Culture honours thirty-six entertainment figures including television host Yoo Jae-suk and veteran voice actors at the 2026
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The British Chinese architect and artist bridges first-generation social clubs and underground UK clubs in an ambitious moving-image installation.
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