The high-speed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi ...

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, formerly a member of boys’ band Smap who portrayed a transgender woman in Eiji Uchida’s “Midnight Swan,” is convincing as a dedicated Shinkansen worker. “I always have ...

Nakai reportedly paid her money to settle the matter. A household name in Japan, Nakai is a former member of SMAP, one of the most successful boy bands in the country.