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"Yasuke's presence in Japanese history is fact"

Japan’s greatest monster, Godzilla, turns 70 on November 3 2024, the anniversary of the first movie to feature the character. Godzilla (1954) was a stark exercise in processing the trauma of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings, but its success inspired the longest-running film franchise in history, with 37 sequels.

It was only coincidence that my first car was Japanese. My stepdad handed down his 1994 Toyota 4Runner in black over gray fabric, just 265,000 miles on the clock. He bought a gently used Lexus GX the day after; His first new car in a decade. 

Japan and the European Union have announced a security and defense partnership as they seek to step up military ties, including joint exercises and exchanges between their defense industries, amid growing tensions with China, North Korea and Russia

Sinfield shelved plans to step down once the summer tour to Japan and New Zealand had been completed

This 98% Rotten Tomatoes scoring show gets its fifth season on Netflix for this weekend.

The Tour de France star was speaking in Japan ahead of the Saitama Criterium

The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru – rejected earlier this week as China’s official Oscars contender – recounts a terrible and forgotten tragedy. Director Fang Li explains why, 80 years on, the story still arouses fierce passions