What Actually Killed RED’s Compressed RAW Patent in Japan
At the center of the dispute was a technical boundary familiar to anyone working with digital cinema cameras: what happens to sensor data before demosaicing. Source: YM Cinema Magazine
300 Children, BVB First team, and Projection Mapping: The World Street Series in Tokyo
The city hall is one of the Japanese capital’s most famous landmarks and, with nearly 14,000 square meters of projection surface, is the world’s largest permanent architectural projection mapping display. Source: BVB
Japanese cinema captivates new global audience
A new generation of Japanese filmmakers is emerging across a wide range of genres, their work winning critical acclaim at film festivals around the world. Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/4941/
In photos: Tokyo Lights 2026 is happening now in Shinjuku
The Nishi-Shinjuku skyscraper district is in the midst of an artistic makeover right now, with two major art events happening simultaneously – the One Minute Projection Mapping Competition and the Light Art Park. Source: https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/in-photos-tokyo-lights-2026-is-happening-now-in-shinjuku-052826
Japan’s Nikkei closes above 68,000 mark as AI stocks surge
Japan’s Nikkei closed above 68,000 for the first time on Wednesday, just two days after breaching 67,000, as a rally in AI-related stocks outweighed concerns over the Middle East. Source: https://www.arabnews.jp/en/business/article_171404/
Fujifilm’s Imaging Business Is Booming, and GFX ETERNA 55 Points to Its Cinema Future
Imaging is growing fast inside one of Japan’s most diversified technology groups, and the company is now connecting that momentum to a more serious push into filmmaking. Source: https://ymcinema.com/2026/05/19/fujifilm-imaging-business-gfx-eterna-55-cinema-future/