Yen', the NHK series inspired by 'Breaking Bad' & 'Fargo' via a writers development program, is this week's Global Breakout.

Plus: Prizes have been added in new categories including the "Co-creation categories" linked to companies involved in music. By Billboard Japan Day 2 of MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN, the largest ...

The Russian government has announced it is ending the memorandums it signed with Japan on the operation of Japan Centers. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow has responded that the move is unacceptable.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has expressed hope that Taiwan and Japan will be able to conclude an economic partnership agreement, or EPA. Lai took part in an event to celebrate the New Year on ...

A weekly magazine has reported that an employee of Japan's Fuji Television played a role in the alleged incident. And now, advertisers are starting to distance themselves from the broadcaster.

Japanese pitching star Sasaki Roki says he has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had been aiming to move to a Major League Baseball club through the posting system. The 23-year-old ...

The European flat oyster, introduced to Japan over 70 years ago, was thought to have vanished. However, it was recently rediscovered in waters off Tohoku, a region in northeast Japan which was ...

A lunar lander developed by a Japanese startup has successfully entered orbit after being launched on a US rocket from the state of Florida. Tokyo-based startup ispace is making its second attempt ...

Legislation took effect in Japan on Friday to provide compensation for people and bereaved families who suffered under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law. The law allowed sterilization and ...

A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the next 30 years to around 80 percent, from the previous 70 to 80 ...

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by South Korean relatives of the war-dead, who sought damages from the Japanese government over the enshrinement of their loved ones at Yasukuni ...

China's population declined for a third straight year in 2024. China's National Bureau of Statistics announced on Friday that the mainland's population was estimated at 1.408 billion as of the end ...