But unlike his peers, he did not shun tradition. By Ash Wu Masahiro Shinoda, a leading director of the postwar Japanese New Wave whose films, notably “Pale Flower” and “Double Suicide ...

Sponsors subsequently pulled their advertisements from Fuji TV and Masahiro was dropped from his shows. The latter, formerly an idol in one of Asia's top boy bands Smap in the 1990s, retired in ...

TOKYO – A former Fuji Television employee expressed both relief and frustration in a statement on April 1 after a third-party panel report concluded she was sexually assaulted by Masahiro Nakai.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Nintendo announced it was hosting a Direct last week, Sakurai quote tweeted it with a ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The DeNA BayStars got to former New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka early on their way to a 9-1 rout of the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday. Shugo Maki went 3-for-5 with three ...

The Switch 2 will include party features such as a mic for voice chat, called GameChat by Nintendo, and a camera that you can use to share your reactions with your friends. You can also screen ...

Former New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka is closing in on a big milestone while playing for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. According to JapanBall, Tanaka earned the win in his Giants debut ...

head Masahiro Sakurai. Aside from the fact that this is a sequel to cult GameCube classic Kirby Air Ride, which Sakurai also directed, the initial reveal trailer doesn't reveal much. We do see ...

mastermind Masahiro Sakurai is serving as the project's director. You can see the Kirby Air Riders reveal trailer below. Nintendo released its original Kirby Air Ride spinoff for GameCube players ...

A third-party report on a series of scandals at Fuji TV has shed light on not only the "sexual violence" committed by TV personality Masahiro Nakai against a female newscaster at the network but ...

Her family's 150-year-old restaurant, Yanagiya, almost became an akiya, as she and her children did not want to run the business. An old photo of Yanagiya, a 150-year-old restaurant, in Kitsuki ...

The third Japan-exclusive title in the Switch 2 Direct was Ys X -Proud Nordics-, and it appeared very briefly in the rapid sizzle reel. Nihon Falcom has set Summer 2025 as the release window for ...