Update October 1, 2025: A year after Schrader thought that “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” would screen at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, the director is finally getting his wish. The ...

A road trip movie with a difference, 'Piku' is about a strong, independent daughter managing her eccentric, constipated father (played with hilarious brilliance by Big B). The film is as much about ...

The smash anime hit Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is already the second highest grossing movie ever in Japan, just two months after its release. The only film with higher box office takings is the ...

Singer Choi Su-ho achieved a three-peat in the "Korea-Japan king of singers" competition. Choi Su-ho appeared on MBN's "2025 Korea-Japan king of singers," commemorating the 60th anniversary of ...

Kamishibai means “paper drama” in Japanese. This early 20th-century street theatre flourished in Japan during the 1920s and ’30s. Travelling storytellers would draw children in by clapping wooden ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho will serve as jury president at the 2025 Marrakech International Film Festival. The 22nd annual festival will take place Nov. 28 to Dec. 6 in ...

The uniform of Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani spells his name in capital letters as "OHTANI," as seen in this photo taken at Tokyo Dome in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on March 19, 2025.

Laura has been writing about anime for some time. Demon Slayer has already established itself as a massive hit and an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of manga and anime, but the Infinity ...

It’s hard to think of a better time in history to be a Godzilla fan. The MonsterVerse continues to expand with the upcoming release of Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, hitting U.S. theaters on March 26, ...

James Gunn had a very specific plan for his audience when launching the interconnected new DC universe with “Superman”: The less they know at first, the better. “I wanted it to feel like what I felt ...

Not only is Superman back, he's kid-friendly again. Arguably no other iconic character, other than maybe Spider-Man and Harry Potter, appeals to children more than Superman. Youngsters love the cape, ...

On June 13, President Donald Trump issued an executive order clearing the $14.9-billion acquisition of U.S. Steel Corp. by Tokyo-based Nippon Steel. The move followed a national security review by the ...