The Japan Foundation's touring film program will present 26 Japanese features across U.K. venues, including Miike Takashi's latest film 'Sham.' ...

Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.

Three former White House liaisons to the American Jewish community decry online attacks over remarks their friend and former colleague made about the Holocaust and antisemitism. Over the course of the ...

Though Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke and Duchess of York have been divorced since 1996, they’ve continued to cohabitate, most notably at Royal Lodge, a mansion on the ...

Official poster for Lee Sang-il's Kokuho. For years the Japanese domestic film market has been dominated by anime movies, and for good reason. However, a new contender has recently emerged from the ...

The hero West Virginia National Guard member who was killed after an ambush by an Afghan refugee in Washington, DC, was a former social justice worker “with a heart of gold” — who dreamed of joining ...

Lee Sang-il’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken ...

Kabuki drama “Kokuho” has made box office history, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time in its home market. It surpassed the 22-year-old record set by “Bayside Shakedown ...

Directed by Lee Sang-il and selected as Japan’s 2026 Oscar submission for best international feature, the three-hour, kabuki-theater-set drama has defied expectations and reignited the world’s ...

From Tokyo to Osaka, Japan’s people cluster in three major plains, leaving mountains and interior regions largely empty. Natural barriers and fertile land have funneled cities and industries into ...

Sarah Sherman, the SNL cast member also known as Sarah Squirm, has locked in a premiere date for her debut comedy special, HBO’s Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh. Her new hour, directed by Cody ...

Sarah Sherman's unholy alter ego, "Sarah Squirm," slithers onto your screen in her first stand-up comedy special. After four seasons (and counting) on Saturday Night Live, the comedian rips off the ...