William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer is one of the most important science-fiction works of all time, and its influence can ...

No wonder the young-at-heart, like Abe, is a growing target for Japan Inc. The market for older people is estimated to grow ...

Image A BYD car in Mexico City. The Chinese electric vehicle ... and is based in Tokyo. More about River Akira Davis Eshe Nelson is a reporter based in London, covering economics and business ...

More than 20 years since debuting for NJPW, Goto won his first World title by defeating Zack Sabre Jr. at the New Beginning ...

Tokyo police on Jan. 16 arrested seven men, including dentists, on suspicion of defrauding Nagoya city of dental fees ... a company executive; Akira Oishi, 61, a dentist; Hirotaka Koyama, 34 ...

Do short story adaptations make better films than novel adaptations? Ahead of the release of a new film of Stephen King’s The Monkey, we look at 10 of the best.

From Berserk to Vinland Saga, seinen anime cover many genres and themes. The demographic's best series are also among the greatest anime ever.

With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Dragon Ball Super Chapter 104 honors the late Akira Toriyama by referencing one of his most influential works nearly one year ...

By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The chief executive of Sony Group, Kenichiro Yoshida, who helped further the company’s decades-long push to transform itself from a consumer electronics ...

Just five years ago, a US tourist visiting Japan would have paid a small fortune — close to $500 — for a ¥50,000 omakase meal at a high-end sushi counter in Tokyo. Today, the same meal will ...

Akira Kurosawa is the William Shakespeare of cinema. Whether implicitly or explicitly, every film, to one degree or another, is influenced by the legendary Japanese director's work. Kurosawa's ...