Sony Sells Its Shares of Videogame Maker Square Enix
TOKYO – Sony has sold its stake in game developer Square Enix to SMBC Nikko Securities. The 9.52 million shares, which gave Sony the third-largest share in Square Enix, are expected to yield $47…
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Theme park attendance still accelerating.
'Frozen' Outlasts 'Eternal' at Japan Box Office
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Int'l Star You Should Know: Fumi Nikaido
EARLY START Born in 1994 in Naha, Okinawa, Fumi Nikaido got off to an early start in show business, appearing in her first TV drama, "Juken no kamisama," in 2007, and her first theatrically released…
Okinawa Fest Wraps With 'One Third' Taking Top Prize
The 6th edition of the Okinawa Intl. Movie Festival announced the winners of its double-barreled Laugh and Peace competition section today at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan…
Cool Japan Gets Olympic Momentum, Cash Injection
"Cool Japan," a now nearly decade-old government initiative to promote Japanese popular culture abroad, has long been derided as more high-flown talk than well-financed action. Compared with the…
Cool Japan Brings Hot Titles to FilMart
Japanese sellers come to FilMart with everything from art films to big-budget commercial pics.
Okinawa Set as Yoshimoto's Asian Hub
Southern Japanese island Okinawa is being shaped as a pole for Asian regional co-operation.
'Frozen' Gets Hot Start in Frosty Japan
Walt Disney's "Frozen" has had the biggest opening weekend of the year to date in Japan for a foreign pic.
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Domestic Film DAILY
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Heaven is for Real
Heaven is for Real
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Daily:$3.7M Cumulative:$3.7M Sony / TriStar 0.00% -
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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Daily:$3.5M Cumulative:$170.6M Disney -25.44% -
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Rio 2
Rio 2
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Daily:$3.0M Cumulative:$49.3M Fox -28.83%
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