If Japan defers the recommendation, it would mean acknowledging South Korea’s inaccurate claims that forced labor happened on the island.
Riding the wave of recent years, there are huge January and February releases, from Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Horizon: Forbidden West and Elden Ring in gaming, to...
Although the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games faced 450 million cyberattacks and so on against their networks and systems, they were all blocked and no...
A molecule discovered by a Japanese scientist in soil from a golf course, and developed by Merck, has since helped millions of people fight a variety...
Developers seem to have regained the trust of gamers, and the reward is an incredible lineup for the New Year coming from Japan.
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Feeling nostalgic about 2021? We have just the film list for you to relive the year in some great movies that came out of Japan.
Death of the brother of Yaeko Taguchi, abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, ends the dream of a family reunion, but work to bring home...
Japan’s new foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, is a compromised man, distrusted by many in public and his party for his family’s “friendship” with China.
The internationally acclaimed kabuki actor earned the love of fans as he dedicated his life to carrying on the roles of his grandfather, Kichiemon I.