Early silent footage of Japanese Geisha and Maiko in late 1890s. Probably filmed in the Kyoto prefecture of Gion (祇園). Restored and enhanced using AI machine learning tools. (glamourdaze)

The manga "Barefoot Gen", which depicts the reality of the atomic bombing, began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Jump" in June 1973.

This science fiction omnibus depicting a doctor who "treats" robot and humanoid problems takes place in the near future, when humanoids with artificial intelligence account for 10% of the population. ( Anime Explained)

That's, uh, not going to earn Ultraman any fans. (Netflix Anime)

A terrifying Japanese horror film! Once you start watching a "J Horror" series, you can't stop. (YABAI JAPAN HORROR)

The Best Auditions from Japan's Got Talent! Featuring America's Got Talent's Avantgardey! (Got Talent Global)

A body was found with the head severed at a hotel in Sapporo on Sunday, according to investigative sources. (The Japan News)

Japanese police are looking for a person linked to the discovery of a headless male body in a love hotel in northern prefecture Hokkaido’s capital Sapporo. (straitstimes.com)

This anime, based on the popular manga serialized in Monthly Comic Zenon and which has sold over 14 million copies, enters its second phase! (Netflix Anime)

I sang first time on TV to my late mother. Music DAY on NTV on July 1st. (Yoshiki)

"Nobody knows the story of the girl that everybody knows." Numazu is a scenic port town surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Yohane, a girl who has struggled to fit in with her surroundings since childhood, spends her day avoiding people in the city. (Anime Explained)

This is Shibasaki, a painting instructor. This time I would like to show you how I paint in silence. the video is over 20 minutes long, so I hope you can watch it at your leisure. (Watercolor by Shibasaki)

"Himeji Castle" made of Lego blocks was unveiled for the first time on Monday.

The iconic, century-old Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall in Tokyo's Hibiya Park, commonly abbreviated as "Yaon" in Japanese, will be knocked down and rebuilt bigger and better after fiscal 2024. (Japan Today)

Toys and figurines from vending machines, packaged in plastic capsules and known as gacha gacha in Japan, have become costlier in the country, with the average price up 15% from two years ago. (Nikkei)

An overview of the difference between Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata (Kansai) kabuki, and a look at the meaning of some upcoming performances by some of the main actors from Kamigata: Kataoka Nizaemon, Nakamura Ganjirō IV and Nakamura Senjaku III. (Kabuki In-Depth)

The samurai are often admired for the idea that they all adhered to honorable morals and virtues, yet in reality, the culture of the samurai was often one of brutality, cruelty, and oppression. (The Shogunate)

Sekibayashi is a popular wrestler with the crowd on his side. (Netflix Anime)

Netflix's new Japanese comedy-drama series Let's Get Divorced has received a ton of love from fans and is continuing to get favorable reviews from critics. (sportskeeda.com)

Roland appears as the legendary host of Kabukicho in the Korean talk variety show "Coco's Dangerous Story: Japan", which focuses on the adult industry in Japan. (Netflix Japan)

Director Kore-eda Hirokazu is back with his first Japanese-language film in five years with Monster, written by Sakamoto Yuji - a rumination on our limited perception of the lives of others. It's also a movie that seems to channel a bit of Kurosawa Akira's Rashomon. (Unseen Japan)

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda said he did not want to focus on sexual identity in portraying the relationship between the two schoolboys at the centre of his latest film, “Monster.” (Reuters)

In this video, we take a look at the journey of Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII since he took this prestigious name late last year, and the performances he has lined up for the rest of the year. (Kabuki In-Depth)

A brand new 3D action game based on the popular anime and manga, Tokyo Revengers, is coming to the Nintendo Switch. (mynintendonews.com)

The Japanese internet has an abundance of dark and unsettling content within it. Among Japan's most infamous threads, often called a creepypasta, is known as "リアル," Simply the word "Real." (Sakura Stardust)