U.S. director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert de Niro on Sunday discussed the changing nature of cinema in the age of streaming services on the ...

The Onomichi Path of Literature is a short 1-kilometer walking trail that introduces the many famous literary masters associated with the Japan Heritage city.

Miyuki Miyabe's "Brave Story" tackles pertinent adolescent issues that are juxtaposed against a supernatural realm of fantasy.

Seiichi Yamamoto's "Ginga," originally released in Japanese in 2009 and translated into English by Kato David Hopkins this year, compiles highlights from Yamamoto's column for ...

Renowned astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson will be investigated by Fox and National Geographic networks after allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against him.Patheos.com published accounts ...

Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an amicable agreement on the custody of their six children, avoiding a potentially messy public trial, ...

A statue of cartoon character Luffy from megahit comic and animated TV series “One Piece” was unveiled Friday in front of the Kumamato Prefectural Government ...

UNESCO has declared reggae, the Jamaican music that spread across the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, to be a global ...

The late Donald Richie, a legendary chronicler of 20th century Japan, once said that to accept life in Tokyo, you must embrace constant change and ...

In one bound, the rising English director Jonathan Munby found himself in the spotlight of Britain’s theater scene in 2017 when his smash-hit production of ...

It was the kiss heard around the galaxy.Fifty years ago — and only one year after the U.S. Supreme Court declared interracial marriage was legal ...

NPR’s “Fresh Air” has parted ways with contributor David Edelstein after the film critic made a joke about the rape scene in “Last Tango in ...

As an artist, Shinzo Fukuhara may not be a household name, but his production of a photography magazine, founding of the Shiseido Gallery and writings ...

M.C. Escher's preoccupation with perspective was like that of the Renaissance, his early intricate stone topographies were in the vein of Andrea Mantegna and his ...

Dec. 1-Jan. 27An internationally recognized landscape photographer, Michael Kenna has had more than 450 solo exhibitions and published around 70 photo books. With a focus ...

Nov. 29-Feb. 14Working closely with sculpture, technology and performance, Japanese-Canadian artist and filmmaker Randall Okita creates innovative installations that challenge the conventional notions of artistic ...

Dec.1-Feb. 28Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883-1945) was greatly influenced by his father, a Confucian scholar, who introduced him to kangaku (Chinese classical literature). Using the Shijo School ...

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.Hillenburg died Monday of Lou ...

Composer and performer Ned Rothenberg has spent his career traversing different musical worlds.He has worked extensively as both a composer and performer in the jazz ...

Screening in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, “Killing” is veteran provocateur Shinya Tsukamoto’s first venture into the samurai genre. Made, like most of ...