Last year, Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho did something no Japanese film had managed in over two decades: it became the country’s highest-grossing live-action local release, pulling in more than $120 million ...

The globally acclaimed manga series My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) is being honored with a special exhibition in Tokyo, celebrating creator Kohei Horikoshi’s artistic journey and the series’ ...

After getting its own theme park that opened earlier this July, the adorable Chiikawa series is officially getting its very own movie next year. Toho has announced Chiikawa the Movie: Secret of the ...

In his first ever official letter addressed to Catholic bishops, Pope Leo XIV compared irresponsible use of AI to the Tower of Babel, and urged everyone to instead “build the city in which God and ...

Small-scale studies began in 2022. Three groups of four healthy male volunteers aged 20 to 50 received a single intravenous injection of hemoglobin vesicles — artificial oxygen carriers that mimic the ...

Between the glittering towers of Roppongi and the iconic silhouette of Tokyo Tower lies one of the capital’s most enchanting neighborhoods. Azabu Juban is a district where centuries-old traditions ...

Japan is on track for a more active typhoon season in 2026 than it typically sees. Weathernews forecasts about 28 storms will form this year — above the long-term average of 25.1. Of these, roughly 14 ...

For a genre heard of by so few, math rock (or at least the ideas behind it) has been one of the most prominent pillars of progressive and experimental rock music for the best part of three decades.

Right under the clock tower in Yoyogi Park, time seems to have stopped, frozen in ’50s Americana. Passers-by can’t help but stop, too, mesmerized by the dance moves of the rockabillies, as if they ...

Ardent cosplayer, Twitch streamer, host and former JAV idol. Depending on the corners of the internet you frequent, the name Kaho Shibuya might be synonymous with one or more of these titles. She is a ...

In a landmark auction of 125 Asian masterpieces at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Saturday, Japan’s Okada Museum of Art achieved a stunning $88 million (plus fees) in sales. This figure significantly exceeded ...

It was a night that Yuki Kawamura will never forget. With two minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Japanese point guard stepped on the court to make his regular season debut for the Chicago ...