The world of theater has given us several promising new directorial talents in recent years, such as Kenji Yamauchi (“Her Father, My Lover” and “At the terrace”) and Masaaki Akahori (“The Samurai That Night” and “The Katsuragi Case”).
“Boys’ love” comics dealing with male-male romance are shooting up in popularity ... especially among women.
Yosei Ito, who developed the “Takachiho GO” smartphone app, poses with a deity known as Susanoo no Mikoto at Mukoyamajinja shrine in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.
Conjuring up more magic at the domestic box office, the teenage body-switching anime “Your Name.” has become the second-highest grossing Japanese film ever, passing Hayao Miyazaki’s “Howl’s Moving Castle” and trailing only “Spirited Away.”
During the day she is an old-school homemaker. She cooks, cleans and perhaps works at a local store to keep the house together and organized.
Airline operator ANA Holdings Inc. and travel agency H.I.S. Co. plan to send tourists into outer space in seven years, the companies said Dec. 1.
Humble ramen noodles have once again tickled the taste buds of gourmets, as a shop in Tokyo has earned a star in "Michelin Guide Tokyo 2017," becoming the second such establishment honored.
The Bank of Japan governor acknowledged for the first time that his much-ballyhooed target of 2 percent inflation will unlikely be met before his five-year term ends in spring 2018.
Police closed a 2-kilometer stretch of a national road here to thwart an annual “reckless driving” event of cars and motorbikes, drawing protests from onlookers expecting to witness the predawn spectacle.
More than 100 individuals gathered in the Diet on Nov. 1 seeking legal revisions to bring back a pre-World War II national holiday that marks the birthday of Emperor Meiji.
More than 20 million tourists have visited Japan in 2016, the first time that milestone has been smashed, with two months still to go in the year, tourism minister Keiichi Ishii announced Oct. 31.
The Justice Ministry plans to conduct its first survey on discrimination against foreign residents in Japan to grasp the true situation of racist rallies and bigoted actions that persist around the nation.
Japanese employers most friendly toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers were honored at the Pride Index Report awards ceremony, the first of its kind in the country.
The total population of Japan has dropped by nearly a million over the last five years, the first decline since records began almost 100 years ago.
Listed security companies see a solid growth outlook, given the prospect that demand for guards, equipment and training will increase because of rising national security concerns across the region.
Vietnam has one of the world's most ravenous appetites for instant noodles, and Japanese makers are determined to get the biggest bite they can.
Women who telework from home will no longer need to worry about how they look without makeup, courtesy of an app developed by cosmetics giant Shiseido Co. in cooperation with Microsoft Japan Co.
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