Sony Pictures is co-producing and co-financing the pic with the acclaimed Japanese writer-director's Studio Chizu and Nippon ...

Academy Award-nominated Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda's latest film, "Scarlet," has landed a Dec. 12 release date from Sony ...

When Tsuneo Watanabe died in December 2024 at the age of 98, it wasn’t just the passing of a powerful media executive — it marked the end of Japan’s old print media empire. In the 1990s, Watanabe, who ...

The cost of staying at hotels in metropolitan Tokyo and regional Japanese cities keeps rising amid a surge in foreign ...

Japan reigned supreme once again in the Group One QE II Cup (2,000m) with a quinella spearheaded by Tastiera, but the success ...

Springbok World Cup-winning flyhalf Manie Libbok is set to play club rugby in Japan in their next top-flight season, which ...

DEADLY lightning could soon be a worry of the past thanks to a new power-hungry drone that may generate free electricity in ...

Morgan Stanley is raising about 100 billion yen ($684 million) for a Japan-focused real estate fund, two people familiar with ...

Beginning on April 12, 1945, with the untimely death of the United States longest tenured Commander-in-Chief, Franklin D.

Japan has been criticized for its secrecy concerning executions ... Based on this, mainstream media reported that over 80% of the Japanese public approves of capital punishment. In December 2021, when ...

Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...