Overseas revenues of Japanese animation exceeded local consumption for only the second time last year. But the export-led boom is expected t...

Japan's Hana Wakimoto carded a 4-under-par 68 in Friday's second round to maintain her lead at the Toto Japan Classic in Shinga, Japan.,Wak...

Japan is having a cultural moment, but demand and deals are centered on regions where the series were hits.

Christian Jeune, director of the film department at Cannes Film Festival, has hailed the next generation of filmmakers chosen for the Tokyo...

TOKYO: A revised Japanese traffic law took effect on Friday, introducing prison terms and fines for cyclists who use their mobile phones or...

Japan’s Agency for Cultural affairs, Friday, announced the first young filmmakers to receive support under its new Film Frontier Global Netw...

BoJ should not raise interest rates for at least half a year.Necessary to eventually normalise monetary policy.Monetary policy should not be...

Transformational technologies and their impacts on filmmaking, along with both the growing attraction and remaining challenges of shooting i...

EXCLUSIVE: Kani Releasing has acquired North American rights to Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert Of Namibia from Japan’s Happinet Phantom Studios Corp...

Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei losing over 2% in early trading after a sharp decline on Wall Street dr...

Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the smaller Democratic Party for the People agreed Friday that their le...

Japanese content is more popular than ever and the new production incentive scheme has been welcomed but issues remain, while generative AI...

Stefan Angrick, associate director and senior economist at Moody's Analytics, described the tone of the BOJ's Outlook Report as being "moder...

Acclaimed Japanese director Lisa Takeba (“The Pinkie,” “Signal 100”) is developing “Children of the River,” a Japan-Italy co-production that...

A Shohei Ohtani impersonator at a bar in Tokyo Richard A. Brooks Text size Shohei Ohtani’s World Series triumph was given blanket media cove...