The internationally-acclaimed artist discusses why red threads, old objects, and a life between two countries are essential ...

Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020) took the world of cinema by storm with his 1997 masterpiece House. A campy, ...

The United States is getting its first major manga exhibition, and the exhibit will feature art from Hirohiko Araki and ...

The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), located in Seattle, steps into the realm of folklore and fantasy with its upcoming ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...

Nakai lost several of his shows on Japanese TV this month following media ... a member of the J-Pop sensation SMAP, met the woman in 2023. The network denied those allegations, but said last ...

One of Japan's biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement on Thursday after being accused of sexual misconduct, Japanese media reported. Masahiro Nakai said in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP ...

TOKYO -- Japan's teamLab art collective threw open the doors on the latest area of its flagship, high-tech exhibition in southeast Tokyo on Wednesday, offering visitors the chance to immerse ...

especially in regard to popular anime products related to the South Korean boy band BTS and the Japanese graphic novel Croket! Daiso also offers a line of Popin’Cookin’ products, a do-it ...

The ink that blacked out the faces of a Japanese American woman and the sleeping toddler in her arms was the kind of hateful vandalism seemingly aimed at defacing not just public art but history ...

The global fanbase of BTS, known as ARMY, was recently abuzz with excitement following the release of an unreleased photo of Jin from GQ Japan's December 2024 issue. Renowned photographer Kim ...