East Japan Railway hopes blue LED-lighting on platforms can persuade someone to choose life over death.

Japanese director Kichitaro Negishi has won the best director award at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival for his 2009 film, Villon’s Wife.

Gathering footage from a trip to Japan in 2008, Gavin Driver creates a video with editing techniques inspired by the Japanese variety shows that run from the wee hours of the morning to late past …

When Japan goes too far with torture, and America goes too far with ‘Jap’ jokes . . . Japan is a hot topic in cinema this week!

Another masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki. . . distributed by Disney, and voiced by major Hollywood stars, Miyazaki’s work is pure magic.

Shingo Yamashiro, 70, is laid to rest after a successful life-long career in the world of Japanese entertainment.

Dance movies in Hollywood are common, but how about Japanese dance movies? Ben Tsui digs deeply into the movie-bank to find dancing Japanese people.

Written by Guest Writer Ben TsuiPhoto courtesy of Regent Releasing Canada

(130 minutes, Japan, 2008 - In Japanese with English subtitles. Directed …