Written by Akumi Agitogi and illustrated by Tsukiho Tsukioka, the massively popular Japanese-style romance light novel "My Happy Marriage" is published by Kadokawa on its Fujimi L Bunko imprint and has also been adapted into a manga by Rito Kohsaka. (Netflix Anime)

Japanese comedian Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, who was the first Japanese to advance to the finals of the popular British audition program "Britain's Got Talent", held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Friday. (NOJ)

Kabuki fans can again buy reasonably priced tickets to see one act of the traditional Japanese drama at a theater in Tokyo. (NHK)

A theme park in Tokyo based on the Harry Potter movies was shown to the press today, ahead of its opening to the public on Friday. (globalconstructionreview.com)

George is excited to visit Japan for the winter snow festival! (Curious George Official)

Simon Cowell Loves It Japanese Girl Group Avantgardey BLOW The Judges Minds On America's Got Talent 2023 (Got Talent Global)

The legendary DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai manga and anime arrives as an exhilarating action RPG! (DRAGON QUEST)

The 2023 International Tokyo Toy Show, one of the largest toy trade fairs in Japan, opened at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center Thursday. (The Japan News)

In a move that could ripple across both art and AI communities worldwide, Japan has declared that using datasets for training AI models doesn't violate copyright law. (decrypt.co)

Influencer marketing is one of the best ways for international brands to enter the Japan market. (newsonjapan.com)

Just as THE FIRST SLAM DUNK anime film passed the sixth-month mark in theaters in Japan over the weekend, Toei announced today that the basketball film has also passed 10 million tickets sold – only the 23rd film to do so in Japan ever. (crunchyroll.com)

Taehyung's sudden departure for his overseas schedule has surprised ARMY. Fans are still wondering what Taehyung is up to at the moment. ( D'AMY)

Ten-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia loves watching anime and playing baseball. He likes making beats and whisper ASMR. And he's breaking conventions in Japan’s 420-year-old Kabuki theater tradition. (DTNext)

Know Your Enemy: Japan is an American World War II propaganda film about the Japan's aggressive war directed by Frank Capra, with additional direction by experimental documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. (TRNGL)

A mediatised married couple who no longer love each other is highly optimistic about getting a divorce. However, external circumstances will get in their way and they will have no other choice but to work hand in hand to reach their ultimate goal: getting a divorce. (martincid.com)

A Japanese singer’s explosive popularity in China after appearing on a top Chinese music show proves that Chinese audiences can separate culture from geopolitics, despite international tension and growing online nationalism, according to analysts. (scmp.com)

Japan's Koji Yakusho won best actor at Cannes on Saturday for "Perfect Days" by German director Wim Wenders, a touching tale about a Tokyo toilet cleaner. (Barrons)

Eita (Eyy-Taa) is an extremely dedicated student with dreams of getting into a top medical college. For him, studying is priority no. 1. While Priority no. 2 is…. Studying even more. (Anime Explained)

Takeshi Kitano's Kubi is one peculiar movie, a frantic, blood-drenched, star-studded historical epic that has more beheadings per minute than most feature films. (vulture.com)

Fumi Yoshinaga’s original manga “Ōoku: The Inner Chambers” receives its first anime adaptation! The tale is set in the magnificent city of Edo, where a reversal of gender roles spurs a whirl of emotions. (Netflix Anime)

Itsuki wants something from Yumeko if she defeats her in a gamble. (Netflix Anime)

In this magical academy for witches and wizards, there is a commotion as Saybil (Say-Beel) the worst-ranking student is summoned to the headmaster’s office. (Anime Explained)

Sony Group will spin off its financial unit to focus resources on entertainment and image sensor operations as the investment burden needed to compete with foreign rivals continues to rise. (Nikkei)

In the gruesome climactic scene of the film "HIDARI," the samurai hero Hidari Jingoro, spinning in midair, slices through the torsos of 12 of his adversaries simultaneously with a chain saw. For a split second, time seems to stand still, until the victims' bodies, chopped in half as if they were fruit, fall limply to the ground. (Nikkei)

A high school implements a new experiment where random male and female students will be paired together for a mock marriage. (Anime Explained)