The documentary "Diamond Diplomacy" traces Japanese and American history through the lens of baseball. Shohei Ohtani is among ...

Japan will next month open the first round of film and TV production funding under its previously-teased location incentive scheme. The scheme offers reimbursement of up to 50% of qualifying ...

The new venture, which is launching a fund, is set to back an ambitious slate of movies from leading Japanese directors including Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takashi Miike, Shunji Iwai, Miwa Nishikawa and ...

Paul Schrader tells the incredible story of why his masterpiece "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" never showed in Japan and shares details of his new film "Non Compos Mentis." ...

Indie distributor Bitters End is to give a theatrical release in Japan to Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” The film is controversial in Japan where the two atomic bombs were detonated in 1945, ...

Japan has picked Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud as the country’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Oscars. The film will premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival this ...

Film and television production and distribution contributed $125.8 billion (13.7 trillion yen) to the Japanese economy in 2018 in both direct and indirect impact, according to a report released by the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Shochiku has acquired Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show (Chhello Show) for Japan and has set a theatrical release on January 20. Last Film Show is among the 15 films shortlisted for International ...

For a movie about a particularly dark chapter of China's history, 731 has been doing exceptional business. The film, released on Thursday, focuses on Japan's Unit 731, which conducted biological ...