OSAKA - She was one of Japan's biggest movie stars, worked with its most revered directors and quietly became one of its first female filmmakers. Yet Kinuyo Tanaka's work as a director was largely ...

Germany confronted its crimes through repentance. Japan chose denial, whitewashing, and silence. This difference is not cultural -- it is political and moral.

In the Tokyo pleasure district of Shibuya, amid the nightclubs and the love hotels, an electric sign flickers a pink slogan: ‘Music from the BYG’. I walk through the door and find myself inside a ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A behind-the-scenes tour for fanatical aquarium fans launched in December 2025 at Kaikyokan aquarium in this western Japan city is gradually gaining popularity, with many ...

Tokyo’s a traveler’s dream. It’s clean. It’s fly. It’s overflowing with modern conveniences. And over the past few years, the city’s rising global popularity has intensified, making the ...

BTS are finally returning – and their comeback is set to be one of the biggest ever. The K-pop boy band has been on hiatus for nearly four years, beginning in 2022 when members started pursuing solo ...

The Year of the Horse is here, and as suckers for all manner of new and shiny stuff, we’re neighing with excitement at the many announcements of complexes, centres and crowd-pleasing entertainment ...

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.

As most travelers know, Tokyo is huge. The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat, shop, see, let alone sleep, a downright chore. The city is broken up ...

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