Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...

The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), located in Seattle, steps into the realm of folklore and fantasy with its upcoming exhibition, "Asian Comics: Evolution of ...

Surveillance video from Jan. 18, around 11:30 p.m. shows a person, with what appears to be makeup or paint around their eyes, ...

Following the United States premiere of the new 2K restoration as part of New York City’s Japan Society over the weekend, Hideaki Anno’s first live-action feature-length film, “Love and Pop,” is ...

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Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

Global J-pop superstar KENSHI YONEZU today releases “Plazma,” a new single and the official theme song to the latest installment in the iconic Gundam franchise,. Available everywhere now, the track ...

Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV will set up an inquiry into a scandal involving a celebrity TV host, after public pressure from an activist investor and a fall in share prices. The results of the ...

Other contributing factors also include JNTO’s spotlight on lesser-known regions with travel fairs, pop culture events, and digital campaigns, proving there’s more to Japan than just Tokyo and ...

Major network Fuji Television said Thursday it was probing allegations involving one of Japan's biggest celebrities ... TV host and former J-pop star Masahiro Nakai, 52, a household name ...

An activist investor is demanding that Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc ... to investigate the facts behind the uproar over former J-pop idol turned TV host Masahiro Nakai, according to a ...

“Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese ... City. Eventually she devoted herself full time to ...