South Africans who want to experience some of Japan without leaving the country should clear their calendars for this weekend as the Japanese Festival will be taking place. Backed by the Embassy ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — An American Forces Network broadcast technician has spent the past three months preparing for his band’s performance at the upcoming Friendship Festival on this ...

McHugh reported from Frankfurt, Germany; Kurtenbach from Mito, Japan; and Moritsugu from Beijing. AP Writers Paul Wiseman and Didi Tang in Washington and AP Retail Writer Anne D’Innocenzio in ...

a cultural center founded by the Foreign Ministry to promote the charms of Japan overseas. The festival will be re-created by five representatives from Otsu’s Kamikyomachi district, which is hom ...

CANNES--Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his leading role in “Perfect Days,” directed by Germany’s Wim Wenders, the first Japanese actor in ...