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Hana Kimura, a Japanese pro wrestler and star of Netflix’s Terrace House, has died at age 22. Her death was confirmed by Stardom Wrestling, a promoter of women’s wrestling in Japan. Terrace…
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi speaks during an interview at his studio in Tokyo. The official site for his latest film, “Labyrinth of Cinema,…
Sony Corp said today that it has launched a $100M fund to support those affected by the coronavirus. With the new fund, Sony joins other entertainment and media companies such as Netflix which h…
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer’s breakthrough drama Thirteen is being adapted in Japan by Tokai Television Broadcasting, which is also known as Tokai TV. The format deal represents the first direc…
Ken Shimura, the 70-year-old Japanese comedian who had been described as “Japan’s Robin Williams”, has died of pneumonia caused by the coronavirus. Shimura tested positive for the viru…
The Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23 – August 8 2021, following the postponement of this year’s event due to the coronavirus outbreak. The same heat mitigation measures as planned …
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is bringing her twerk-friendly funny to Quibi with the woke Japanese game show appropriately titled Let’s Go Atsuko! In the new series, Game master Okatsuka will le…
Funimation’s Wednesday opening of Kenji Nagasaki’s anime My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising led yesterday’s box office with $1.7M at 1,275 theaters according to early morning estimates. FunimationH…
Netflix has greenlighted One Piece, a live-action series based on one of the best-selling manga titles of all time. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight…
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from playing the African warrior king Black Panther in Avengers: Endgame, Chadwick Boseman has officially aligned himself to play Yasuke, the first African samurai to swing a sword i…
