Like many great stories involving people in and around the film industry, this one begins with a trip to the movies. Although ...

The latest feature from 94-year-old director Yoji Yamada follows a cabbie and elderly passenger on one long, nostalgic ride through Japan’s capital. By Jordan Mintzer Some kind of record must have ...

Inflation in the Tokyo area rose at a faster pace, supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to keep raising interest rates gradually and giving the yen a boost. Consumer prices excluding fresh food ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued a €300 million (¥53 billion) bond Tuesday to boost flood defenses and other climate-related countermeasures. The money will be used to upgrade coastal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Now that this year’s Tokyo Game Show is behind us, the official ...

The 90s were the decade of transition on multiple fronts. With the arrival of the internet, the transition in culture was felt. As far as television is concerned, we got shows that became pop-culture ...

ESPN's "College GameDay" is known for its heartwarming feature stories nearly every Saturday. Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love was featured in an inspirational story ahead of Week 5. Love, one of the top ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

“Love you Modi Ji” Chants echo in Tokyo as PM Modi gets thunderous welcome from Indian Diaspora Karnataka: 17-year-old delivers baby in school toilet; staff suspended, probe ordered Director was ...

Zhou Guobin's long-awaited trip to Tokyo was just to meet netizen Momo Nogi, who he had been in love with for three years. Suddenly, a mysterious man stuffed Bin with a small book called "Shi" and a ...

I’m a lucky girl: I get to call Japan my second home. Growing up, I spent Saturdays at Japanese school and summers in Tokyo. I loved the buzzing cicadas and the natsu matsuris during August, but ...

SoftBank Group Corp, a Tokyo investment holding company, has been identified as the new owner of the former Lordstown GM auto assembly plant, Bloomberg News reported Friday. Electronics giant Foxconn, ...