All but one of the 25 contestants have retired from their sports. The prize is 30 million yen (just over $200,000).

Goson Sakai, 29, is a former professional soccer player of Japanese and German heritage. He comes from an athletic family, as ...

One Piece' has received an early Season 3 renewal by Netflix with a new co-showrunner, Ian Stokes, joining Joe Tracz. See ...

A new series called Final Draft hit Netflix today [Tuesday, August 12], and it's a Japanese competition show. It puts ...

Shoplifters' star Mayu Matsuoka and 'Alice in Borderland's Riisa Naka will star in 'Plastic Beauty', a Japanese drama series ...

From the same streamer comes “Romantics Anonymous,” a romantic series directed by Tsukikawa Sho (“Let Me Eat Your Pancreas”).

Riisa Naka and Mayu Matsuoka will star as rival surgeons in Netflix’s upcoming Japanese drama series “Plastic Beauty,” which takes viewers inside Japan’s cosmetic surgery industry. The 2026 series ...

Migaku Japanese learning app expands into Japan with English platform for native speakers. From helping foreigners learn ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will continue to develop film and TV projects for Netflix but on more limited terms, the streaming giant announced Monday. The estranged British royal and his wife have ...

Directed by Yuki Saito, written by Junya Ikegami, and produced by Harue Miyake and Katsuhito Motegi, the show centers on the ...

Season 1 introduced the beginning of the Straw Hat Pirates’ journey across the vast seas in pursuit of the treasure left behind by the former King of the Pirates. The debut season also featured the ...

In a world hungry for faster data—think AI training, quantum computing, 8K streaming, and massive cloud backups—Japan’s ...