Hollywood illustrator Drew Struzan, the man behind legendary film posters for hit films such as "E.T.", "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" has died at the age of 78, prompting a flood of tributes.

The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II’s most closely guarded secrets: Prepare yourselves, he said, for “an ...

Bears have killed a record seven people in Japan this year, the highest since 2006 when the survey started, an environment ministry official said Thursday. More and more wild bears have been spotted ...

The United States expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy resources, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump steps up calls on Washington's allies to do more ...

The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002's “Gangs of New York.” Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious ...

In the mountains of northern Honshu, Oze National Park is one of Japan’s most photogenic hiking destinations. Stretching across four prefectures, it’s popular for marshlands, wooden boardwalks and ...

Masakazu Tokura, who chairs the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition. He says determining the legacy of Osaka Expo will take at least six months.

Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social media feed, and chances are you might be asked to scan your face. Facial recognition and other kinds of face-based ...

This year, thanks in part to the Kansai Exposition, inbound tourism from abroad continues on a record-setting pace. In 2024, foreign visitors contributed an estimated 1.7 trillion yen to the Japanese ...

Naomi Osaka battled through injury to reach the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday, choking back tears after hitting the winning shot against defending champion Suzan Lamens. Top seed Osaka, ...

Google said Tuesday it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years, as it announced a giant data centre and artificial intelligence base in the country. "It is the largest AI hub that we ...