A collection of Japan's art house cinemas have banded together to launch a streaming service, dubbed the "Temporary Cinema," to keep the country's indie film community afloat during the coronavirus ...

EXCLUSIVE: North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, Japan Cuts, has selected 30 features and 12 shorts for a 2020 edition that will take place entirely online due to continued ...

In many regions of Japan, late summer is synonymous with hanabi festivals—celebratory fireworks displays that, in some towns, can go on for the better part of two hours—with vendors on hand to keep ...

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho will be honored with the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award from the Asian Film Awards Academy. By Gavin J Blair Japanese actor Koji Yakusho will be given the Excellence in ...

EXCLUSIVE: The second ACA Cinema Project series, “Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable Japanese Directors,” has set its lineup for a hybrid program that will run from December 3-23.

Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency Izawa Office announced Wednesday. His condition is ...

Japan’s cinematic legacy remains one of the highest in the world, and the country’s Agency for Cultural Affairs intends to keep that standard going well into the future. To that end, it has organized ...

New Delhi: Major, featuring Saiee M Manjrekar and Adivi Sesh, is set to be screened at the Indian Embassy in Japan. This special screening, complete with Japanese subtitles, offers a unique ...

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