The Tokyo International Film Festival featured a conversation between Yamada Yoji, director of 'Tokyo Taxi,' and 'Kokuho' ...

Backstage melodrama meets succession saga in Sang-il Lee's feature, which is toplined by Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama ...

For 40 years, Tetsu Fujimura has quietly steered a shift in global entertainment, from importing Hollywood titles to ...

Japan Society has revealed that Shinichiro Watanabe, the acclaimed director behind “Cowboy Bebop,” “Samurai Champloo” and ...

Artists are drawn to Takayama's traditional architecture and vibrant festivals, which provide plenty of inspiration. The ...

Star Japanese architect Tadao Ando has designed the Dubai Museum of Art, the city-state's first official art museum.

As part of Variety’s Screening Series, “Kokuho” production designer Yohei Taneda and producer Chieko Murata joined Variety’s ...

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In a landmark moment, the Fair will host ULTRAMAN’s first-ever artistic collaboration outside Japan, presented by Gabangel. This debut features a newly commissioned work by William Kan, fusing the ...

A stunning Ruth Asawa retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art is so much more than her famous looped wire sculptures ...

Two-Day Event Bridges Japanese Distilleries with U.S. Professionals, Media, and Consumers. The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS) proudly presents Shochu Rising 2025, an immersive two-day ...

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so ...