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.

Netflix is developing an exciting new battle royale drama from Japan, Last Samurai Standing. The show will premiere on Netflix in 2025, and actor Junichi Okada will produce and choreograph it. Here’s ...

A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International ...

Ms. Yamazaki is a documentary filmmaker. What makes Japanese people distinctively Japanese? For me, the key lies in what we are taught during our elementary school years. Children as young as 6 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, left, and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriiy Sybiha look at the ...

After a set leak, the creators of 'Gossip Girl' had to change the identity of the mysterious blogger THE CW/Courtesy Everett Collection Hey, Upper Eastsiders. Gossip Girl has been spotted back on ...

Samurai Japan took the lead in the home half, when singles from Shota Morishita and Ryoya Kurihara set up Kotaro Kurebayashi's two-run single. Japan was prevented from making it 3-1 in the third ...

On Friday 15 November, SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) played their fifth match of Group C in the final round of the FIFA World Cup 26™ Asian Qualifiers in Jakarta, where they defeated Indonesia ...

But while the vociferous sell-out crowd and the torrential rain ensured Japan experienced an uncomfortable start, Moriyasu's side slowly started to take control. The Samurai Blue went in front in ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Cars for export are loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP ...