Category : Culture

The Japanese countryside is teeming with stories of communities in decline, but few are as sobering as that of Kawakami. Once home to more than...

Japanese live-action streaming series have struggled to match the global impact of South Korean rivals such as “Squid Game” and “Crash Landing on You.” However,...

It’s starting to feel like spring and your house isn’t the only thing that needs cleaning: Time to get your music playlists up to date....

Film is a collaborative art form, sure, but it also depends on a wider ecosystem of distributors, exhibitors, evangelists and fans for its survival....

A time-traveling TV comedy with a bawdy middle-aged hero has become a big hit in Japan, juxtaposing the country’s brash 1980s boom years with its...

Less than a week after octogenarian Hayao Miyazaki scored his second Academy Award, another 80-something anime legend, “Gundam” creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, greeted a packed auditorium...

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I’ve got homework....

Shortly after 8 p.m. in the streets of Tokyo’s Asakusa area, a small stage comes alive with dancers in historic Japanese costumes reimagining red-light districts...

For four days in February, Tokyo Dome felt like the center of the pop culture world....

Crystal Kay can get nostalgic, but she isn’t one to live in the past....