Famed critic Sahoko Hata will be the inaugural honoree of the Kashiko Kawakita Award.

The live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's wildly popular manga features remarkable performances from its young leads ...

A U.S. podcast series bears the title “The Last Soviet.” An eight-part work of nonfiction released some three years ago, it ...

Ancient teeth from Edo-period Osaka reveal that Japanese commoners ate red sea bream, salmon, meat and plants as Japan’s sushi culture began.

As Africa searches for development models, it often looks to the West or to China. Yet more than seventy years ago, the Ethiopian writer and intellectual ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will skip next week's Seoul Defense Dialogue, officials and media reports said ...

Whether it be Willson Contreras, Ceddanne Rafaela, Sonny Gray, or Jake Bennett, the Red Sox are taking the right approach to resting their banged-up players. The Boston Red Sox shared a new timeline ...

Boston Red Sox announcer Tom Caron said a Japanese player on the team was on the injured list, but the player had not played for Boston since 2012. Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive ...

Japan’s finance minister, Satsuki Katayama, is under pressure to strengthen the yen while balancing competing demands from the prime minister and Washington.

This is a matter that needs time. It needs time for a public already heated up, and for actor Ha Young, who has stepped away ...

Artists, scholars and fans celebrated Ms. Kusama as a cultural giant who helped bring Japanese art to the masses.

The group also performed strongly on Billboard Japan. “THE SIN : BLISS” topped the latest Top Album Sales chart for the ...