LOS ANGELES -- U.S. streaming giant Netflix will produce and release its first original Japanese historical drama in 2025, highlighting the growing weight of non-English-language content.

Samurai Japan is used to being the star attraction in international games — especially at home. In the Premier12 final, however, the world’s No. 1 team was reduced to a supporting role on what ...

The Trump fever has reached Japan with Bitcoin-loving residents because of the so-called pro-crypto U.S. President-elect. The report notes exchange-traded fund (ETF) developments across the pond, but ...

TOKYO -- Before facing the rival USA Baseball team on Thursday night in the super-round of WBSC's Premier12 tournament, the cherubic Shugo Maki gathered his teammates around him near the Samurai Japan ...

The Heisei period has given way to the Reiwa period, and Japan is standing at a crossroads. The social structures that contributed to the post-war economic miracle (e.g., life-time employment and the ...

By the Edo Period (1603–1868), washitsu had become a quintessential part of Japanese home design. Tatami mats have evolved in modern times. While traditional mats were relatively thin at first, modern ...

In many world history curricula, the study of modern Japan moves from the Meiji Restoration (1868) directly to the beginnings of World War II. If time allows, a quick overview of the Sino-Japanese and ...

One of the most popular forms of entertainment in contemporary japan is the "manga". The work is usually translated as "comics" in English, but mangas are not limited to the publishing industry alone.

Netflix is developing an exciting new battle royale drama from Japan, Last Samurai Standing. The show will premiere on Netflix in 2025 ... That’s when I came across Imamura’s manga. It was written in ...

the filmmaker’s low-budget feature “A Samurai in Time” opened at a single theater in Tokyo. A comedy about a 19th-century warrior who finds himself transported to present-day Japan ...

This course examines Japan’s postwar and contemporary society on the basis of Japanese film and animation. The classes are divided into two parts. The first part consists of screenings of both major ...