Scattered across the Seto Inland Sea, the islands of the Geiyo archipelago allow travelers to experience a quieter side of ...

Sumie Kaneko, a singer who plays the traditional Japanese instruments koto and shamisen, often performs wearing flashy ...

Dress up in kimono and stroll the full-scale street sets depicting a Kyoto of yore at this newly renovated movie-set theme ...

The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of March 22, as ...

Discover the thrilling ending of Kazuya Shiraishi's 2024 samurai film, Bushido. Here is the explanation of Kakunoshin's quest ...

The first two months of the year have been so wet and miserable that I’ve not really been able to spend time in the garden, writes .

As global travel surges toward 1.8 billion arrivals, destinations are testing controversial new measures to control the ...

Not only is the stunning film Kokuho an Oscar nominee this year, it’s also Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film ever.

Mayumi Yoshida’s Japanese language drama has sold to Canadian indie KinoSmith and Japan’s Rabbit House after a weekend screening at the European Film Market. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Tokyo ...

Writing from India, Ankit loves anything remotely fictional. He's been watching anime for years now, collecting characters and songs that he cherishes. He also speaks Japanese, so feel free to say ...

Bollywood icon Madhuri Dixit and her husband Shriram Nene are enjoying a serene Japanese vacation, sharing glimpses of their picturesque trip. The couple, married since 1999, posed against the ...

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 ...