Sunday, May 4, 2025, saw the official X (formerly Twitter) account for Koyoharu Gotouge’s anime franchise announce the release of a new Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle sneak peek. Per the post ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...

Japan Video & Media announced it will close at the end of the month. The business has sold Japanese and Korean TV, movies, anime and merchandise for over 40 years. Owner Takeshi Onishi has ...

Japan is facing a changing world of tariffs, artificial intelligence and a potentially existential threat to its exports. Yet its approaching election seems set to be dominated by a rehash of a ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. Japan is facing a ...

Japan has introduced a new rule that will no longer let parents name their babies whatever they want. The rule was made to stop the use of kirakira (which means shiny or glittery) names. Examples ...

Kazumi Wines is the first in the US to produce wine from the rare Japanese Koshu grape. Napa Valley Koshu blends Michelle Sakazaki's Japanese heritage with California craftsmanship. NAPA ...

FILE -A radiation monitor indicates 131.00 mSv per hour near Unit 3 and 4 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.,’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from ...