Cats are beloved in Japan, as they have been for thousands of years. From old mythological tales of feline yokai like the smart shape-shifting bakeneko to the Hello Kitties and lucky maneki-nekos of ...

Justin Bieber unveiled a 3-D printed sneaker at his brand Skylrk’s first physical store, a four-day pop-up in Tokyo. Instagram/lilbieber Move over, Crocs — there’s a new divisive shoe in town. Justin ...

Billboard’s year-end charts for 2025 have arrived! On December 9 local time, Billboard published its annual year-end charts, which featured entries by numerous K-pop artists—and a strong showing by ...

Twenty-two years after its starring role in Sofia Coppola’s film the New York Grill & Bar at the Park Hyatt Tokyo takes the spotlight once again. By Melinda Sheckells Contributor The hotel bar has ...

Known for her portrayals of complex, uncompromising women, rising actress Kumi Takiuchi talks independence, industry reform and stepping into a new ambassadorial role at the Tokyo International Film ...

San Francisco is plastered with billboards advertising AI tech, all in varying degrees of in-your-face dystopic. Even so, a new crop of them has managed to stand out from the pack by being shockingly ...

For purposes of comparison, this week's No. 1 album (the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters, which reclaims the top spot from Cardi B's Am I the Drama?) tops the charts thanks to roughly 102,000 ...

So it's natural to think of this week — capturing as it does the final moments of a pre-TLOAS reality — as the calm before the storm. But we've still got quite a bit of chart action to go around, ...

A rotating digital billboard along Wilson Drive and Highway 49 in Richland, Mississippi, is sparking conversation as it memorializes conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last ...