Feb. 16-March 16In 2017, psychologist and art critic Yasuo Miwaki organized an art exhibition featuring two artists — Yoshinobu Nakagawa and Kohei Takahashi — titled ...

A new opera based on the quintessentially Japanese novel “Kinkakuji” is set to open in Tokyo following a premiere held not in Kyoto, where the ...

George Clooney says he never expected his next project to be a miniseries based on a novel he read in high school.But against his initial ...

“Vice” star Christian Bale said Monday that Dick Cheney made for a much richer movie character than Donald Trump ever could because he exercised his ...

Women and rap triumphed at the Grammys on Sunday as female acts took home top prizes including album of the year and best new artist, ...

The audience at Clive Davis’ white-hot gala included Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who got the ...

As comment on the gaming industry, and by extrapolation, the human condition, "In a Gamescape" at the NTT Intercommunication Center at times pretty merciless. But ...

Naoko Abe's "'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms," an enchanting story about an Englishman's attempts to preserve Japan's rich cherry tree heritage in ...

Heisig's "Philosophers of Nothingness" introduces the Kyoto School's three main philosophers: Kitaro Nishida, Hajime Tanabe and Keiji Nishitani.

A new edition of popular contemporary poet Makoto Ooka's "Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets" includes the original Japanese texts of each poem, early ...

Also appearing on the bill are Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, James Blake, Mitski and Janelle Monae, with many more still to be announced.

Fans of Arashi still haven’t come to terms with the news that the J-pop group will go on a hiatus at the end of 2020, ...

Everyone has moments where they have to choose between two paths that will lead to drastically different lives. For Mina Otomonai, it came during her ...

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, one of Hollywood’s most eligible singles, is tying the knot.The 28-year-old “Hunger Games” star is engaged to art dealer Cooke Maroney, ...

The black dress that a distraught Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1954 press conference announcing her separation from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio less than a ...

Searching for love on the reality TV series “The Bachelor Japan,” a record number of women have already applied for the show’s third season, set ...

Japan is justly praised for its law-abiding citizenry. Drop your wallet on the street here and a kind local is likely to come running after ...

It’s back. “City Hunter,” the Tsukasa Hojo-penned manga about a crime-solving “sweeper” for hire named Ryo Saeba (Akira Kamiya) was pretty much an anime institution ...

It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock ...

Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted Tuesday he was “not racist” after confessing that he had once set out to attack random black men after a ...