DIRECTED by Susumu Yamaguchi, the Japanese animated film Doraemon: Nobita’s Little Star Wars 2021 follows Nobita, who picks up a small rocket from which a small humanoid alien named Papi comes out.

SUNTORY is known for producing award-winning whiskies. When it won the award for World’s Best Blended Whisky in 2019 at the World Whiskies Awards, it had already won the award five times prior. Less well-known spirits within the company are its gins, led by its premium craft gin Roku.

SOURCES vary on when World Gin Day is celebrated. The British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) celebrated World Gin Day on June 30 at the Dusit Thani Manila, but then, World Gin Day’s official website lists that the celebration is held annually on the second Saturday of June. The dates don’t matter after about 11 drinks, the number that BusinessWorld enjoyed at the sampling.

NAKATOSA, Japan —  For half a century, Takeo Nakajo has been catching katsuo, or skipjack tuna —  indispensable in Japanese cuisine whether eaten raw, dried, or used as a base for the broth.

LOS ANGELES — Succession, the HBO series about a conniving media mogul and his feuding family, racked up 25 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including one for the prestigious best drama prize.

PARIS — France said on Tuesday it intends to cut the use of nitrites in food after the national health agency confirmed they raise the risk of cancer, falling short of a full ban feared by processed meat makers who use it in products such as ham and sausages.

A FEDERAL judge said Subway can be sued for allegedly deceiving customers about its tuna products, including a claim it uses other fish species, chicken, pork and cattle instead of the advertised “100% tuna.”

LONDON — A feature film about late British singer Amy Winehouse is in the works, with Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson at the helm of the biopic, production and distribution company Studiocanal has said.

HENDRICK’S GIN now offers gin for cucumbers. Hendrick’s Cucumber Lemonade Stand pop-up goes to The After Hours Bar in Quezon City where the Cucumber Currency Exchange will return.

FOR its fifth year, the Ortigas Art Festival (OAF) expands beyond visual arts and highlights artist-led galleries. The festival runs until Aug. 7 at Estancia Malls, Pasig City.

THE NATIONAL Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will now be headed by historian Rene R. Escalante, the current chairman of National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).

EVER since Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) planned in 2012 to convert the old Sta. Ana racetrack into Circuit Makati, it also aimed to position itself as an arts, entertainment, and culture district in the city. In service of this aim, ALI has opened the new Samsung Performing Arts Theater.