followed by tours of the empty spaces that will become new galleries.

Real samurai were about hierarchy and loyalty to their lord.and food as global cultural exports.

unflinching depictions of bodies in struggle.What makes these films resonate.these lessons go beyond cinema.

Japanese cinema becomes a tool to help them see the image world that defines modern life.But cinema showed me deviants in Japan with people rebelling and doing unpredictable cultural things.

that opened a door to the complexity and diversity of Japanese culture.

Soundtracks deliberately out of sync with images.the LAPD decided to conduct increased patrolling around the 16th annual Thai New Songkran Festival in East Hollywood on April 27.

and all those affected by the appalling vehicle attack in Vancouver.a man driving a black Audi SUV plowed into a crowd of hundreds of people at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival.

Witnesses who have not yet come forward are asked to contact the VPDs Homicide Unit and investigators are asking the public for images or video of the incident.The Thai festival featured live music.