It’s the summer of 1992, and Japanese Giants editor Ed Godziszewski is being led toward the rafters of Toho Studios’s Stage 9 in Tokyo. The friend escorting him previously explained they could visit ...

Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

A puppet adaptation of WINNIE-THE-POOH will return to Great Arizona Puppet Theater in Phoenix this spring. The production is based on the classic stories by A.A. Milne and is recommended for children ...

Since launching in 2006, the massively successful Canadian YouTube channel has logged over 60 billion global views. Its content, including the Claessens-hosted Caitie’s Classroom, Move With Caitie and ...

Iran’s focus: closing the StraitThe Islamic Republic will continue its efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement this morning attributed to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him.

Japan-hailing dance and vocal group KID PHENOMENON are all set to take the stage at at SXSW 2026. Held annually every March in Austin, SXSW has become a globally renowned event spanning music, film, ...

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part ...

Amazon MGM Studios has a new leader in Japan. Warner Bros. Discovery Japan’s Buddy Marini has been named Head of Amazon MGM ...

Amazon MGM Studios has hired Buddy Marini to serve as its top executive in Japan, effective March 6. Based in Tokyo, he will ...

The Oscar-nominated trio behind Japan’s box office sensation explains how bintsuke paste, copper-based wigs and centuries of ...

JD Vance might seem like a relatively harmless—if morally bankrupt—fixture of the current administration, but that’s precisely what makes him so dangerous. In a new clip, Vance’s seeming willingness ...