A deputy editor of major publisher Kodansha Ltd. who has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 38-year-old wife last August may have disguised the murder to make it look like a suicide, investigative sources said Wednesday. The suspect, 41-year-old Pak Jung-hyun, who was arrested ...
Tokyo police have arrested a 41-year-old deputy editor of major publisher Kodansha Ltd. on suspicion of killing his 38-year-old wife last August. The suspect has denied the charge, investigative sources said Tuesday. He served as deputy editor of the publisher's weekly manga Shonen Magazine and was ...
Hiroki Narimiya, a popular Japanese actor recently alleged by a magazine to have used illegal narcotics, will retire from show business, his agent said Friday. The agent said, however, that it could not confirm any such use by the 34-year-old actor through a drug test, ...
The Kodansha Ltd. publishing house said it has lodged a protest with Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit, saying the online retailer unilaterally withdrew all of more than 1,000 titles from its subscription-based e-book service. Another publisher, Kobunsha Co., likewise said Monday that its 550 titles have ...
Starting Wednesday, major publishing firm Kodansha Ltd. will make new manga installments digitally available in English worldwide on the same day they're released in Japan. Kodansha hopes the business decision will help curb the increasing threat to its overseas sales posed by bilingual anime fans ...
Apple on Wednesday launched Japanese-language electronic books in Japan, a move likely to further intensify competition with online retailer Amazon.com Inc. E-books purchased via Apple's website iBookstore can be read on such devices as iPad tablet computers and iPhones. Users will be able to download ...
