Amazon MGM Studios has hired Buddy Marini to serve as its top executive in Japan, effective March 6.

Beijing has urged Tokyo to protect its crew members’ rights after Japan said it had seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain. Japanese authorities said the incident occurred on Thursday ...

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TOKYO, Feb 18 - Visitors to Japan fell 4.9% in January from the previous year to mark the first decline in four years, government data showed on Wednesday, as Chinese tourists stayed away amid ...

The common thread running through this area of ​​the Japanese capital is its over 180 bookstores and other businesses related to writing ...

Nintendo is reportedly planning to add more classic consoles to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, following the GameCube and Virtual Boy. While many might still mourn the loss of the ...

The sale places pop culture artifacts in conversation with Japan's rich visual traditions. According to Christie's, these items "trace the enduring resonance of motifs, techniques and narratives roote ...

In the early hours of 12 April last year, nine Japanese police officers quietly gathered outside a hotel room in Osaka. Inside and oblivious, 26-year-old Briton Izabel Rose was suffering the effects ...

The Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival, a summer treat last held in 2015, is returning next year as part of a special commemorative event, the organizer said. The extravaganza was put on hold as the ...

A hint of progress arrived this week ahead of an update coming Thursday on a long-awaited redevelopment at the former East Hills Mall. Bakersfield City Council members consented unanimously Wednesday ...

Central Tokyo recorded a sweltering high of 35.1 degrees at 1:40 p.m. on Aug. 26, marking the ninth consecutive day that temperatures exceeded 35 degrees, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

On a solo trip to celebrate her 26th birthday, the bleary eyed tourist went back to sleep with no clue her life was about to change forever. Izabel’s ketamine addiction was so acute she had attempted ...