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Agents handling global sales for Japanese players at the TIFFCOM content market did not have high hopes that the new strategy will deliver.

Another Japanese citizen is believed to be one of the remaining unidentified victims in the collision that killed 69 people.

EXCLUSIVE: A new Japanese drama series is turning stereotypes around women in the workplace on their head, according to one of the top producers at public broadcaster NHK. The Employee launched a fortnight ago and has got Japanese people talking about “the double bind” women face as they progress up the career ladder, Akiko Ueda, […]

World’s second-biggest buyer of LNG targets shale resources on US Gulf Coast amid market upheavals

Unspoken emotional wounds linger throughout “Between Us,” Japanese director Matsumura Shingo’s new film playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Nippon Cinema Now section, its strand for Japanese films. The film follows Makoto and Kasumi, childhood best friends who drift apart after an incident on a joint family camping trip and reunite six years l

A man conceived through sperm donation, unsure of his place in the world, sets out on a journey to Korea in “The Blue Breaks,” an adaptation of Machiya Ryohei’s 2016 novel by Japanese filmmaker Uchiyama Takuya (“Numb”). The Japan-Italy co-production was among the projects at this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. The protagonist, Shukichi, is a […]

While nitrogen gas is harmless, the production of fertilizers used to feed the world converts it into reactive nitrogen, and that comes with a cost.

Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Iwai Fumio hosted a ceremony at his residence on 27 October to present the 2026 Commendation of Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mohamed Abdel Moneim El-Sawy, founder and director of the Abdel Moneim El-Sawy Culturewheel. Announced on 1 October, the commendation recognises outstanding contributions to promoting friendship

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea, the United Sta...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea, the United Sta...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea, the United Sta...

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The Brooklyn Museum's "Art of Manga" exhibition highlights the "mangaka," or creators, who have shaped the medium. Hundreds of original illustrations are making a rare trip to the United States

The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ¥1 million earlier this year.

The findings could give insight into why older people face higher risks of infertility, miscarriage and their children having chromosomal disorders.

Tokyo must disabuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of the belief that journalists are pawns to be played in the great power's game.

According to a court ruling, Kyohei Sorita drove a car at 144 kph on an expressway in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on the night of Dec. 20 last year.

TOKYO/SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap-Join Press Corps) -- A summit between North Korea a...

The announcement Wednesday is the latest action by the allies, who have repeatedly expressed alarm over China's growing assertiveness in Asia.

The lingering trauma shared by two middle-class families, once friendly but now estranged following a tragic camping incident, is finally addressed through the unlikely prism of a high-school drama club production in “Between Us,” Shingo Matsumura’s well-intentioned, yet only fitfully successful, exploration of unprocessed grief. The writer-director’s fourth

Disney+ and Netflix’s buying habits appear to be dispelling the notion that non-English-language acquisitions aren’t on their agendas. Research from Ampere Analysis shows that non-English content now accounts for at least half of acquisitions at both global streamers. As of September, non-English content accounted for 65% of Netflix acquisitions, with the fi

<p>Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’</p><p>The company behind the successful <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/01/global-phenomenon-hello-kitty-celebrates-50th-birthday">Hello Kitty</a> franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with

Sanrio has apologised after its merchandise line with Japanese TV series Vivant drew criticism.

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- Mirae Asset Securities Co., a major South Korean secu...

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- Mirae Asset Securities Co., a major South Korean secu...

Signs of recovering domestic demand and a more supportive policy backdrop add to the appeal of elevated yields.

Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh Elhefny discussed opportunities for Japanese companies to participate in the development of Egyptian airports, including a programme to offer several airports to the private sector for management, operation, and development, in cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The discussions took place du

Vice president Takeshi Okada said responses to several World Cup controversies did not align with his personal values.

A Japanese-Brazilian teenager forced to face a family loss nobody will talk about is at the heart of “Yellow Chrysanthemum,” the first feature from Japanese-Brazilian director André Hayato Saito, which is among the projects at this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. The film is set in São Paulo in July 2014, while Brazil is staging the […]

Kering Women in Motion, an allied program of the Tokyo International Film Festival, held a talk event on Tuesday at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills for a packed crowd. Director Kore-eda Hirokazu (“Shoplifters”) opened the event with brief remarks. “In recent years, I’ve been hearing people at international film festivals say, ‘Japanese films are really interesti

After a year on the U.S. festival circuit, with buzzy stops at Mill Valley and Hot Springs, Diamond Diplomacy, the feature documentary from San Francisco-based filmmaker Yuriko Gamo Romer, receives its first international screening this week at the Tokyo Film Festival. The screening will serve as a unique homecoming for Gamo Romer and the doc. […]

The opening film of the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, Zeze Takahisa’s “Sukiyaki” tells the story of how the title tune became a worldwide hit in 1963 as well as a beloved standard that has been recorded in foreign-language versions that have also topped charts. The film goes beyond the song itself to delve into […]

Returning to lead the festival ahead of its 40th anniversary, the industry veteran sees an opportunity to capitalize on the surging international interest in all things Japan.

The Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market exhibition space sold out early this year, according to managing director Ikeda Kaori. More Japanese producers are using the Tokyo market to find partners while projects are still in development. Last year’s edition drew more than 4,600 industry professionals from 46 countries and regions, and attendance

Japanese activist Yusuke Furusawa speaks to Al Jazeera about why he keeps protesting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

With interest in Japanese culture at an all-time high, TIFFCOM managing director Kaori Ikeda says there is an opportunity to adapt IP beyond anime and manga.

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Doosan Bears announced Tuesday they will bring ba...

The case has prompted widespread public outrage on the southern island where the heavy American troop presence has remained a sensitive issue.

<p>Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, denies charges that he fatally strangled Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel on the island of Okinawa</p><p>Prosecutors in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan">Japan</a> have filed formal charges against a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military">US</a> marine suspected of murdering and robbing a woman while st

Japanese auteur and Cannes regular Naomi Kawase will preside over the main competition jury of the upcoming Doha Film Festival which is set to run Nov. 19-27 in the Qatari capital. Japan’s best-known female film director, Kawase has a close rapport with the Doha Film Institute, having joined its Qumra program mentoring emerging filmmakers in […]

It was pouring rain at the opening of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, but as Japanese actor and festival ‘navigator’ Kento Nakajima pointed out, rain symbolizes prosperity, and the local film industry can certainly expect plenty of that in the coming year. Addressing the opening ceremony in a video message, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae […]

‘Shōgun’ star Tadanobu Asano and Junichi Okada led the local celeb turnout, while Academy CEO Bill Kramer repped Hollywood and Japan's prime minister touted plans to boost overseas entertainment sales to $130 billion by 2033.

Though Tokyo plans to continue pressing Moscow for a resolution, Russia has not softened its stance.

Utsunomiya's dramatic three-day ordeal with an at-large bear could be a mere sign of what's to come for Japanese cities.

Translated Japanese fiction is obsessed with quiet stories taking place in bookshops and cafes, but life and work in Japan are not as idyllic as it seems.

Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B. But from moment one, her take on the genre was restless, relentlessly playing with what R&B […]

Japan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services. The Kremlin claims that Japan is using journalists as spies.

Japan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services. The Kremlin claims that Japan is using journalists as spies.

Village officials in Nanmoku, Gunma Prefecture, are hoping a sister-city agreement will help attract young people from Peru.

The climbers were attempting the first summit of the 7,140-meter Gangapurna West in alpine style, but lost contact after Oct. 15.

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called for closer e...

The six were Toyama, Shizuoka, Mie and Nagano, as well as Miyagi in the country's northeast and Chiba.

The Japanese writer and filmmaker Ryu Murakami has died. He was 74. Murakami’s publisher, Gentosha, announced his death today in a lengthy statement on their website. “Author Ryu Murakami passed away at his home on October 17, 2026, at the age of 74. We hereby express our deepest condolences and share this news,” the statement […]

The September reading puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates by the end of the year.

Murakami's works, which explored sex, violence, and youth culture, were translated globally.

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet with the chai...