Overseas revenue outstripped Japanese domestic revenue for the first time in 2020 and in 2024 accounted for 56% of the total.

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

Something of a stooshie ensued, a court case was set and Ms Iwasaki subsequently wrote her own version of her memoirs, ...

Mishima-tei: The best sukiyaki in the heart of Kyoto. Taro Mishima, the restaurant’s fifth-generation head chef, specializes ...

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

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

Shibuya’s mayor is urging people not to gather for Halloween amid concerns about rowdy behaviour and rising visitor numbers.

In the mid-19th century, Japan was relatively isolated from the Western world. Most Americans knew almost nothing about the ...

Shibuno’s star power arguably still shines the brightest in Japan these days, even with the influx of young talent and an off ...

Daiki Hashimoto is back on top in men's gymnastics. The Japanese star has earned his third all-around title at the world ...

Kyoto is famous for its shrines, geisha district and other culturally significant areas. But in recent years it has been ...