OSAKA -- Universal Studios Japan (USJ) will open "Donkey Kong Country," a new area themed on Nintendo Co.'s popular video ...

By exploring new areas and co-creating with new partners, we will expand the IP business market from Japan to the entire ...

Ishirō Honda's momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message for humanity ...

part of a new government program aimed at raising the global rankings of Japanese universities. Of the 10 universities that applied, including Japan's top two, the university in the northeastern ...

The operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka says it will open a new attraction area based on Nintendo Co.'s popular ...

Japan’s weather agency -- which compares conditions from exactly the same location, Kofu City, each year -- has not yet ...

Kazuo Ishiguro's literary career, themes of identity, memory, and self, and his ability to evoke raw emotions in readers.

Areas in Sardinia, Okinawa and Greece are supposedly home to unusual numbers of centenarians. Scientists are studying them to ...

Miki Yamamoto's work isn't what most people think of when they hear the word "manga." Eschewing a typical manga style, the ...

The turf races on Saturday's Breeders' Cup program feature horses from around the world against some surprisingly strong American opponents.

Shohei Ohtani has been a superstar in Japan for more than a decade ... In the United States, the World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers is a matchup featuring the ...

Republican Donald J. Trump, 78, the oldest to seek the US presidency, appears to be winning, and handily, over the Democratic Party’s presidential amateur, Kamala Harris, 60. Trump is leading in the ...