Japan’s Box Office Hit All-Time High in 2019 The Japanese box office jumped more than 17 percent to a record $2.39 billion (261 billion yen) in 2019, with admissions up more than 15 percent to 194,910 ...

Japan executed three death row inmates by hanging on Tuesday, marking the first executions the country has carried out since 2019 and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. One of those put to ...

The Japanese car market is probably the world’s most peculiar because it features so many models that are only sold there, the ones enthusiasts know as JDM specials. It’s no secret that kei cars reign ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

The Japanese plug-in electric car market is in a disappointing stage. After a 7% decrease in 2018, in 2019 sales decreased by another 17% year-over-year to 43,867. The market share was just 0.8% ...

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first trilateral talks since 2019. The aim of the summit is to restore and normalize relations and cooperation between ...

Japan will for the first time screen a documentary directed by a prominent campaigner in the country's #MeToo movement, ...

With a new decade upon us all, there’s little doubt the on-going streaming war will only intensify in the new year. Sites such as Netflix and Hulu have serious competition now, and it’s not just ...

When it comes to media, Japan is one of the greatest exporters of creative content. Whether it's Japanese film, video games, anime, or novels, the country consistently delivers quality storytelling ...

This story is one in a series on Pacific Rim issues and culture that appears every Tuesday in The Chronicle World section. Reclusive North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il is doing it. His counterpart, South ...