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Japan’s Oscar entry Kokuho, the coming-of-age Kobuki drama that stars Ryo Yoshizawa and Ken Watanabe, will hit U.S. theaters for an award-qualifying run beginning November 14 in Los Angeles and November 21 …

Browse the ever-vaster selec­tion of self-help books, videos, pod­casts, and social-media accounts on offer today, and you’ll find no short­age of pre­scrip­tions for how to live. Much of what the …

Asian stock markets see big gains amid growing expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. Japan’s benchmark stock market index has topped its all-time high for …

Hiroshima’s mayor, Kazumi Matsui, warns of the dangers of rising global militarism. Thousands of people have gathered in Hiroshima to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the world’s first wartime use …