In her Olympic farewell, Cintra Wilson wallows in weird TV, moons the ski slopes and finds the big heart of Japan

Movie fans protest: Stephanie Zacharek is wrong about "The Last Samurai"! Beatles fans protest: Thomas Bartlett is wrong about "Let It Be ... Naked"!

On Oahu and up to my eyeballs in coco-surf, sloppy-flora, roasted-pig chic.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, Schwarzenegger sells elixir, DiCaprio does car commercials, Harrison hawks brewskis, Willis sells coffee -- and they all want to keep it a secret.

A study of crime -- from kidnapping and cannibalism to mass murder -- in the land of the Rising Sun challenges the stereotype of a safe, orderly society.

Ray Sawhill reviews 'South of the Border, West of The Sun' by Haruki Murakami.

Nine years after the "Crouching Tiger" breakthrough, Asian cinema has virtually disappeared from American screens

At last American audiences are being spirited away by the wondrous and subtle visions of Hayao Miyazaki. He's more than an eccentric Japanese fabulist -- he's the greatest animator the movies have ever seen.

Your guide to the role of women in fine art and the world.

"Why did my Japanese American mom and so many other women in her circle choose to be with white men?"

Karl Taro Greenfeld paints an epic portrait of drug demons and sex junkies in Japan's new demimonde.

Showrunner Jennifer Lane spoke to Salon about finding the heartbreaking heroes to putting together a Japanese crew

If we all got together naked in a steamy room and got sploshed with hot water and scrubbed down hard, we would be more civil people.

I made fun of the silly erotic bestseller. But I have more in common with the heroine than I realized