The scandal follows another huge reckoning for Japan's entertainment industry, surrounding now-defunct boy band empire Johnny & Associates, to which SMAP belonged. Johnny & Associates, which has ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — First responders handled two crashes on Interstate 24 in Clarksville on Sunday morning, temporarily shutting down part of the road. According to Clarksville Fire ...

Japan marked the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17. People gathered at Kobe East Park in western Japan to observe a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday ...

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to hosting a Japan-China-South Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

Shoot ’em up sequel Cotton Reboot! High Tension! will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on July 24 in Japan, the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu reveals. The game will cost ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

A 150-day regular session of Japan's parliament will begin on Jan 24, the top government spokesman said Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba set to seek opposition support in Diet deliberations ...

A 24-year-old woman died after being found buried in snow while snowboarding at a ski resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Monday. Police said that at around 10 a.m., Sae Mizukami, a university ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...