This photo provided by Japan Media Services shows a scene from The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, directed by Rionne McAvoy. The award-winning independent documentary film ...

The gentle, Tokyo-set drama stars Koji Yakusho — in a Cannes best actor-winning performance — as a simple, dignified man who works as a cleaner of toilets. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief The ...

Japan’s Motion Picture Producers Association has selected Kokuho, a film set in the world of Japanese traditional theater (“kabuki”), as the country’s contender for Best International Feature Film at ...

The film's release in Japan, more than eight months after it opened in the U.S., had been watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter. By The Associated Press Oppenheimer ...

In the opening moments of a new film called “Diamond Diplomacy,” Shohei Ohtani holds the ball and Mike Trout holds a bat. These are the dramatic final moments of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The ...

People walk towards a cinema displaying a digital poster for Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, titled in English "How Do You Live?", on the first day of its premiere in Japan, along ...

Tennis’ Tik Tok Queen took Japan by storm last week as Daria Saville arrived in Tokyo armed with a camera to vlog her Toray Pan Pacific Open campaign. After bidding adieu to canine companion and ...