Just one U.S. release squeaked into Japan's top-ten list for 2021 — Universal's 'F9: The Fast Saga' — as imported blockbusters claimed just 21 percent of the market. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau ...

The national costume worn by Japan’s candidate in the 70th Miss Universe pageant has sparked criticism on Japanese social media. “Cool Japan” take: During the pageant’s National Costume Show on Dec.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train and Neon Genesis Evangelion were among the top Japanese Twitter trends in 2021. Twitter recently released a list of the top 20 most tweeted terms of 2021.

TOKYO – Japan has agreed to increase its share of funding for U.S. troops stationed in Japan to 1.06 trillion yen, or $9.3 billion, over the next five years, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said ...

Nissan closed the year 2021 in Japan with 10,843 LEAF sales, which is pretty close to the 2020 result. A relatively strong result of over 3,000 units in Q4 indicates that the LEAF keeps rolling after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s that time of year again and 2021, despite all its innumerable ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's ...

Over 2.4 billion gaming tweets were posted on Twitter in 2021 as revealed by the company in a review of games-related activity on the platform. The number of gaming-related tweets is up 14 per cent ...

Locally-made films, especially animated titles, dominated the Japanese box office in 2021. The territory is usually the world’s third biggest cinema market, behind China and North America. Though ...