"This Great Stage of Fools" offers a collection of Alan Booth's uncollected journalism and writings between 1979 and his untimely death in 1993. Booth is ...

Pick up this small chapbook for a double dose of classic Japanese short fiction from Yuko Tsushima.

"Cult X" is a fast-paced thriller that shows off Nakamura's ability to explore the lives of those on the fringes of Japanese society at its ...

Hollywood movie star Morgan Freeman apologized Thursday over reports that multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.Sixteen people — eight of whom say they were ...

Disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities in New York on Friday following a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual assault, ...

At the end of the first season of the reality dating series “The Bachelor Japan,” eligible bachelor Hirotake Kubo walked away with a beautiful new ...

If Philip Roth is credited with a damning premonition of the Trump presidency in his 2004 novel “The Plot Against America,” the late novelist was ...

It’s “Stormy Daniels Day” in West Hollywood, California.The mayor and members of the City Council will give the porn actress the key to the city ...

Koji Fukada leads a younger generation of Japanese directors who are more internationally minded than their predecessors. He even used French export titles for his ...

This year’s edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair will feature paintings, sculpture, photographic illustrations, jewelry and a “sumo-size” book, with the work coming courtesy ...

If you’ve ever flipped on a TV in a hotel room in a country whose language you don’t understand, you’ll know what it’s like to ...

May 24-Nov. 18This comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Japanese realist works focuses on Toshiro Aoki, who was greatly inspired by Johannes Vermeer’s “View of Delft” (1660-1661); ...

May 26-July 1Globalization has altered the framework in which art has been classified over many years. Region, genre and even era are becoming less relevant ...

May 30-Sept. 3Most people are familiar with the paintings and sculptures of 19th century Europe as forms of portraits. Portraiture, however, is recognized as one ...

Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac lyricism ...

Spain’s Oscar-winner, Javier Bardem, warned Tuesday that the country risked a return to the era of dictator Francisco Franco as concerns mount over freedom of ...

Ariana Grande shared a message of hope with fans Tuesday on the anniversary of the bombing at Manchester Arena that killed 22 people.The pop star ...

Those looking for an immersive introduction to Japan’s contemporary art, need to look no further than Roppongi Art Night. Rather than taking classes or visiting ...

Tomoo Gokita's deformations of his subjects are surrealistic with a precision mix of austere black, white and grays, low-brow culture imagery, kookiness and powerfully evocative ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven dipped his toe into the world of opera in the early 19th century, the composer may have had the concept of ...