Japanese star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was arrested last Thursday (Apr 23) for public indecency after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol at a Tokyo park. The 34-year-old member of popular pop group SMAP has apologised shortly after his release; press conference video (Jp) below…
Oddly enough, international media is following their Japanese counterpart with the news craze. BBC, Sky, CBC etc. have all picked up the news and gave it some detailed coverage… makes me wonder if the western press actually knew anything (most likely not) about Kusanagi besides the incident.
A Japanese commercial jointly produced by Japan Ad Council (AC) and Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp (Kobaco), featuring popular Japanese star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Korean actress Choi Ji-woo.
The commercial is for environmentalism purpose, to encourage recycling practise and protecting the environment…
Sinking of Japan (日本沈没; Nihon Chinbotsu) was a a 2006 remake of 1973 film Japan Sinks, based on a fictional novel by Sakyo Komatsu. The new movie was directed by Shinji Higuchi and starred Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Kou Shibasaki etc.
The story is about Japansinking into the sea due to tectonic plates’ motions… and time is running out for the Japanese as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis began to devour the soil.
