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The second highest-rated miniseries after "Roots" announced America's rising fascination with all things Japanese

Big Screen Spotlight | Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest explores the tenderness and cruelty of childhood with a Rashomon-style narrative structure

“Kyoto is not a theme park,” the famous area’s council has warned

Another BYD model managed to snag third place, while second place was snagged by a Korean-made Hyundai.

Explore the potential romance between Lady Mariko and John Blackthorne in Shogun, a new FX series set in 17th Century Japan.

US military lifts grounding of V-22 Osprey aircraft after safety review. Unique tiltrotor aircraft resumes flight operations for crucial military missions.

Beloved for its genre-defining artwork, universal enjoyability and stateless characters, Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" set the standard for Japan's globally renowned manga graphic novel industry.

Long dominated by the United States, the Asia-Pacific region is grappling with an increasingly assertive China. Tensions are mounting around Taiwan and in the South China Sea, both in the air and on the water, with numerous incidents of late involving Chinese fighter planes, collisions between ships and reefs being…

People send me tapes from all over. I have copies from Germany and Japan

Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his…

‘We will never forget Akira Toriyama for the gift he left on this earth. I can't imagine a world without Dragon Ball’