WHEN great powers squabble, small states pay the price. And in today’s Asia, the spat is no longer a polite diplomatic dance.

Japan’s automotive industry may finally be shedding its long-held “Galapagos syndrome”—the idea that it evolved in isolation ...

A team of researchers used a massive dance video dataset and advanced AI models to map how the human brain interprets dance, revealing striking differences between experts and nonexperts.

Dance is a form of cultural expression that has endured all of human history, channeling a seemingly innate response to the ...

Japanese American filmmaker Hikari's "Rental Family" - starring Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser - explores the real-life ...

Dance is a form of cultural expression that has endured all of human history, channeling a seemingly innate response to the ...

Our final dispatch from the 2025 Tokyo Film Festival offers a look back at a classic Japanese ghost tale and the supernatural ...

In late October, Princess Aiko received a lecture from Prof. Yoko Kikuchi of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, who is well-versed in the modern history of Laos. The princess learned about its ...

It was a golden day for the U.S. figure skating team at Skate America on Sunday. It bodes well for more gold at the Milan ...

From Tokyo to Cagliari to stay close to the city she knows and where she feels at home. And she comes to the Sardinian capital often, even taking dance lessons at a local school. Kyoko Nakamura, a ...

Dua Lipa’s recent stop in Tokyo for her Radical Optimism Tour marked yet another fantastic show. The audience witnessed a couple of her remarkable dance numbers which she later recapped in one of her ...

TOKYO -- A traditional Japanese "Bon dance" festival was recently held here, but what wasn't traditional was that it featured "dekotora," or decorated trucks with illuminations, to encourage ...