This photo shows a plenary session of Japan's House of Representatives, which passed a provisional fiscal 2026 budget bill on March 30, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling party led by Prime ...

Nagoya University professor Akira Utsugi, center, is seen with his children in this photo provided by the individual. TOKYO -- Introducing children to not just English but other languages from a young ...

The director and ex-Japanese Red Army militant discusses his new film Escape, about the anarchist fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, the frustrations of radical film-making and progressive politics Last ...

This is a review article written after watching the broadcast. I Live Alone Ok Ja-yeon recounted how she came to raise a visually impaired cat. On the 13th episode of MBC variety show I Live Alone ...

MBC I Live Alone reveals Ok Ja-yeon's new family cat, "Bomi." She shares the story of how she met the visually impaired "Bomi" as if by fate and the behind-the-scenes story leading up to her decision ...

Recently, a debate broke out online in Japan regarding Mister Donut. The topic wasn’t whether or not its donuts are good, as Mister Donut, being Japan’s largest donut chain for several decades now, ...

It was a week of highs and lows for Japanese cinema as nominations for the Japan Academy Film Prize and the Oscars were announced Monday and Thursday, respectively. For the Japan Academy Film Prize — ...

For the past decade, Aki-no has been one of the capital’s most eagerly anticipated cultural events; this year, it will present works from celebrated auteurs as well as rising talents. Whether you ...

Director Masao Adachi – formerly of the Japanese Red Army – on the infamous Satoshi Kirishima, who went on the run in 1975 after a series of corporate bombings Masao Adachi is an 86-year-old Japanese ...

Fujiflm Corp has launch the instax mini Evo Cinema (mini Evo Cinema), a new model in the instax hybrid instant camera Evo series. The Evo Series is a hybrid instant camera that allows users to take ...

Japanese films are quietly ruling the world. From Akira Kurosawa’s enduring influence on global auteurs to Hayao Miyazaki’s poetic, hand-drawn universes that redefined animation as emotional cinema, ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...