{
  "id": 3820089,
  "title": "J-Horror Rises Again: Unraveling the Heart of Fear, Japan Style",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/j-horror-rises-again-unraveling-the-heart-of-fear-japan-style",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T21:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g02632/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese horror is seeing renewed popularity nearly 30 years after Sadako crawled out of a television screen in Ringu, sparking off a first global boom. Here we take a look at how Ringu and the novel it was based on created an iconic vision of terror.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}