Tokyo International Film Festival chair discusses diplomatic approach to bridging cultures, Women's Empowerment program, and Asian cinema focus.

There’s something special about a Studio Ghibli film. Whether it’s the rustle of wind through tall grass, the hum of a ...

Japan’s professional wrestling world is mourning a long-serving referee who died this month after being mauled by a bear.

The Miss USA 2025 pageant will be held in Reno on Friday. This year's contestants include an "American Ninja Warrior" ...

Writer Adam H. Graham tries out a new coastal trail that is helping reinvigorate the communities devastated by the 2011 Great ...

International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled its first wave of world premieres for its 55th edition, which runs Jan. 29 ...

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Japan has chosen a hardline nationalist as its first female prime minister. She's shattered a glass ceiling, but she's no feminist, and her ruling coalition, she admits, faces grave challenges.