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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...

While spectacle is often the aim of luxury hotel developers no matter the location, Kyoto’s newest arrivals are following a more restrained playbook.

The two Japanese nationals have been out of contact since Oct. 15 and local authorities have been searching for them.

The canceled concerts underscore the visa challenges facing Japanese performers as demand for the country's pop culture grows overseas.

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival will showcase Japanese cinema from golden age classics to indies by up-and-coming directors.

At this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes film festival, it would be no exaggeration to say that Japanese content and creators were everywhere you turned. Designated ‘Country of Honour’ at the market, Japan was involved in a slew of panels, workshops and labs; played a prominent role in Cannes flagship programs, including Cannes […]

A chef worked at a high-end Sydney restaurant. The fair work umpire ruled his dismissal was harsh, unjust and unreasonable.

Kurosawa Kiyoshi and “Ju-on” director Shimizu Takashi are among the seven filmmakers behind “Night Tales Club,” a six-part Japanese supernatural anthology series set to premiere on Disney+ and Hulu in January 2027. Yamada Takayuki leads the series as Hojo, a high-flying businessman fixated on the unexplained who acts as its storyteller. Each episode adapts a

<p>Deputy mayor of Saijo died after becoming trapped under float, days after two similar incidents elsewhere</p><p>There is mounting concern over the safety of Japan’s traditional festivals after the death of a senior local official who was reportedly crushed beneath a float at the weekend, days after two men died in similar incidents in another part of the