While K-pop and TikTok will sway trends in the music industry, rock looks set to be Japan's best chance at producing global hits.

Having canceled 2020's Asakusa Samba Carnival due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers have now scrapped the 2021 iteration, more than six months before it was ...

Director Yukihiro Morigaki’s horror-mystery film based on a ‘boys’ love’ manga focuses more on confronting inner demons rather than battling ghouls.

Takeshi Kushida’s debut feature playfully riffs on Kobo Abe’s novel, “The Woman in the Dunes,” in a surrealist fable about the pitfalls of image retouching.

Born in Tokyo, Hando experienced massive U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital in March 1945 during World War II.

While some live events have resumed, the arrival of artists and participants from overseas still may be a ways off.

David Chang’s memoir, “Eat a Peach,” offers an engaging and personal, albeit disjointed, look into the American celebrity chef’s career and the tumultuous culinary world.

This year’s release lineup is stacked with domestic films that have little competition for audiences as many Hollywood films have been set back by the ...

World Flags, a Tokyo-based project, transforms flags into anime characters to familiarize people with other nations and their cultures.

Katsuhide Motoki’s drama about the “rice riots” in 1918 shows the bravery of female protestors who fought against sexism and the deep poverty that threatened ...

The publication’s mook-sized issue is back with a second printing — get it while you still can.

It’s time to put 2020 behind us and look ahead to a new year with a new reading list. Here’s a selection of intriguing titles ...

Yoko Kawaguchi’s book shows readers how many of Japan’s gardens incorporate Buddhist principles in their designs to function as spaces for meditation and enlightenment.

In a year marred by industry-wide delays and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, anime still managed to become more popular than ever thanks in ...

The anime film beat out former record holder “Spirited Away,” due in part to fortuitous timing and word-of-mouth popularity.

The film, which has amassed ¥32.47 billion since its Oct. 16. opening, surpassed the earnings of Hayao Miyazaki's "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited ...

Rakuko Rubin's collection of short stories that traverse bicultural themes and universal mileposts in life was translated by her husband, Jay Rubin.

This was the worst year, and nothing made sense any longer, except when it was the best year, because time for reading seemed to expand ...

Japan began 2020 with Olympic glory in its sights, with artists and musicians ready to take the spotlight. Then, the pandemic hit and pushed things ...

Barry Yourgrau’s struggle to cope with life during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired a burst of creative writing, which culminated in a book of short stories ...