Execution brings the first two culling game episodes to theaters, but the thunderclap sequences deserve the real spotlight ...

Over 60 years after its release, Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan is a terrifying samurai film that's still horrifying after all ...

Speakers at the market include Sony's Shebnem Askin, One Piece exec producer Tetsu Fujimura and Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss ...

OSAKA, Japan—The Bank of Japan remains committed to further interest-rate increases, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Friday, amid growing speculation over the timing of the central bank’s next move. “Real ...

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Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal ...

For years, Japan’s nearly $8 trillion government bond market was an oddity among global peers. Prices barely stirred, and yields were razor-thin—sometimes even negative, so investors were essentially ...

After decades of political sensitivities and threats kept it from screens, Schrader’s Yukio Mishima biopic, considered by many his masterpiece, will finally play for Japanese audiences. By Patrick ...

In Washington today, a familiar anxiety hangs in the air. American policymakers fear that China will leapfrog the United States in the technologies that matter most, including robotics and artificial ...

Update October 1, 2025: A year after Schrader thought that “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” would screen at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, the director is finally getting his wish. The ...

Asahi Group Holdings, the brewery giant that produces the Japanese beer Asahi and other beverages, was hit by a cyberattack Monday that forced the company to stop production in its Japanese factories.

Chile and Japan face off to continue Group A action of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Both teams are coming off of opening match victories and will be battling for the top of the group. Here's everything ...