National Nov 3, 2020
Ex-EU leader among 141 non-Japanese to be decorated in Japan
Awards are also set to be handed to 4,100 Japanese nationals in this autumn's commendations.
Film Sep 27, 2020
Award-winning actress Yuko Takeuchi dies in apparent suicide
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation. No suicide note has been found.
Entertainment News Aug 4, 2020
Group behind Golden Globe Awards accused of monopoly conduct
The press group that organizes the annual Golden Globe awards was accused of excluding journalists that might compete with its members. The importance of the Golden Globes to the entertainment industry allows the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whose members vote on the awards, to monopolize ...
Entertainment News Feb 3, 2020
Japanese manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge was honored at the Angouleme International Comics Festival in France on Saturday. Tsuge, 82, received a standing ovation at an award ceremony and said he was very honored, according to a post from the festival's official Twitter account. A special exhibition ...
Entertainment News Jan 16, 2020
Novelists Makoto Furukawa and Soichi Kawagoe to receive Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes
The winners of the prestigious Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards were selected Wednesday, with two novelists earning acclaim for their respective works about the past and present lives of a family in Kyushu and the history of the indigenous Ainu ethnic group in the ...
National Dec 23, 2019
Japan to recognize doctor killed in Afghanistan with Order of the Rising Sun
The government said Monday it will award a decoration to Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese aid worker who was killed in a shooting earlier this month in Afghanistan. The 73-year-old physician will be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Chief Cabinet ...
National Oct 29, 2019
Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino among six selected for Japan's top cultural award
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year's recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday. Others receiving Japan's top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political ...
Entertainment News Sep 4, 2019
Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda was recognized as Asian filmmaker of the year at a major festival in South Korea on Wednesday, where his latest work will be screened, according to a Japanese movie distributor. The director received the award, which is given to individuals and groups ...
Entertainment News May 26, 2019
Social satire 'Parasite' by South Korea's Bong Joon-ho wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
"Parasite," a wickedly humorous suspense movie about class struggles directed by South Korea's Bong Joon-ho, won the top Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, on a big night for newcomer filmmakers too. Bong, who made his mark at Cannes in 2017 ...
National May 21, 2019
Former U.S. defense chiefs and Ethiopian ex-leader to be decorated in Japan
Former U.S. defense secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ashton Carter, as well as former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, will be among 142 foreign nationals recognized in this year's spring awards for notable contributions to relations between Japan and their countries, the government said Tuesday. The ...
National / Science & Health Apr 11, 2019
Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo says Osaka pharmaceutical firm short-changed him for cancer drug
Honjo said he wished to donate money derived from patent sales to a foundation supporting young researchers set up by Kyoto University.
National Apr 5, 2019
Even in retirement, Ichiro still not ready to accept Japan's prestigious People's Honor Award
International baseball star Ichiro Suzuki has turned down the nation's prestigious People's Honor Award for the third time, a government spokesperson said Friday. Ichiro, who retired from professional baseball last month, instructed his agent to notify the government of his intention to decline the award, ...