Winner of the Jury Prize in Karlovy Vary's Proxima competition, Shuntaro Uchida's 'Incinerator' dulls the edges of its intriguing central protagonist.

Scientists estimates a 70-80% chance of a magnitude-8 to -9 earthquake within the next 30 years around the tectonic plate ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Asian leaders that Iran's demand to control the Strait of Hormuz threatens the ...

When you first step into Japan's Kyushu tombs, the first thing you notice is nothing at all. "When you enter, you're engulfed ...

Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days," a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense ...

The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag desecration law that criminalizes damaging Japan’s national flag, a ...

At the heart of the celebration is Kyoto’s Yasaka Shrine, a Shinto site whose principal deity has long been revered as a ...

F or more than a decade, Matsubara Tanishi, a Japanese comedian, has lived in houses where others met gruesome ends. One ...

The yen hit a 40-year low as investors questioned the impact of intervention. Intervention alone is unlikely to reverse losses, while wide U.S.-Japan rate differentials continue to support the dollar.

Iran were treated badly while two countries were debutants, but Saudi Arabia and South Korea should have done better For a while, it looked as if Asia’s biggest World Cup result was on and Japan were ...

The Japanese yen weakened to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar since 1986, keeping investors on alert for possible intervention from Japanese authorities. Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki ...

Time for me to go and find a piece of cheese and a glass of wine. I will raise that glass to Casemiro, who pretty much provided a goal for either side – the first with his slow old legs, the second ...