Director Koji Fukada’s new film, 'Love on Trial,' explores Japan’s idol industry and the contracts that ban young women from ...

Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of ...

Fukada's new film stars former idol Kyoko Saito and is based on real cases of Japanese idols being sued by their own ...

Held annually during Japan’s Golden Week since 2023, OSAKA COMIC CON is the Osaka counterpart to TOKYO COMIC CON, which began in 2016. This major celebration of American comics, movies, and pop ...

On May 21, 2025, the first edition of the Music Awards Japan unfolded at the ROHM Theatre in Kyoto’s Sakyo district, marking the start of a two-day celebration.

Before Lost in Translation there was Tokyo Pop, which – after decades in rights limbo – is now restored and ripe for reappraisal. We speak to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) about ...

The exhibition takes its title from one of the collaborative sculptures, which depicts three characters working together in a ...

A hybrid of pop star, teen model, and influencer, idols have been a mainstay of Japanese pop culture for decades, ubiquitous on the country’s screens, billboards, and shopping mall sound systems.