Just one U.S. release squeaked into Japan's top-ten list for 2021 — Universal's 'F9: The Fast Saga' — as imported blockbusters claimed just 21 percent of the market. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau ...

In the year 2020, not only did the entire world face unprecedented difficulties due to COVID-19, but various security challenges and destabilizing factors became more tangible and acute, and the ...

TOKYO — Almost overnight, Japan has become an extraordinary, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo down to ...

Russia was preparing to attack Japan in the summer of 2021, months before President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an email featuring a letter from a whistleblower at Russia ...

TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Japan's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell 0.2% in 2021 to 74.32 million tonnes, giving up the world's largest buyer spot to China which increased its imports of the ...