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 ...

A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction ...

The tiny homes inside this Japanese apartment building put cramped Manhattan studios to shame. Tokyo’s Nerima Triangle Building likely numbers among the narrowest apartments in the world, but it hosts ...

The eco-luxury Visama Explorer Nan tented camp has opened in northern Thailand, offering eight air-conditioned tented suites with ensuite bathrooms, king-sized beds, hot water rain showers, private ...

The story: Taxi driver Koji Usami (Takuya Kimura) lives frugally with wife Kaoru (Yuka) and daughter Nana (Runa Nakashima) in Tokyo. His cab is hired by 85-year-old Sumire Takano (Chieko Baisho) for a ...

Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...

Museums and galleries throughout Tokyo are gearing up for Art Week Tokyo, November 5–9, a celebration of the local contemporary art scene co-hosted by more than 50 venues. In lieu of a typical art ...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Tokyo, held a christening and launch ceremony for the WAKASHIO MARU, a training ship for National ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

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