Yen', the NHK series inspired by 'Breaking Bad' & 'Fargo' via a writers development program, is this week's Global Breakout.

The film charts the love story between an Icelandic man and a Japanese woman who is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb ...

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San ...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, the mastermind behind the Oscar-nominated and Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters, ...

“Fundo-shi” (“poop-soil master”) Izawa is something of a celebrity in Japan, publishing books, delivering lectures and ...

When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, ...

The winners of the 2024 Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) have been announced, and their photos are truly captivating. This year’s competition brought together photographers from around the ...

As she celebrates turning 30, Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds reflects on the emotional journey to finally getting answers ...

By pivoting away from China toward the administration of the incoming U.S. president, the Italian prime minister creates a ...

In her film "Black Box Diaries," based on her best-selling memoir, Shiori Ito chronicles her decision to go public and pursue a civil suit against her alleged rapist after police and prosecutors ...

Incoming first lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new documentary directed by Brett Ratner and distributed by Amazon ...

Asking students to clean their classrooms might seem unusual to some, but in Japan it is an unquestioned part of school life ...