Songs from an indie bad boy, an actress and (sorry) Eminem. Plus: An instrumental loop I cannot get out of my head.

It's OK to downplay the Nanjing massacre or coercion of "comfort women." But mess with Hiroshima and you're gone

The much anticipated release from everyone's favorite fair-haired songwriter leaks -- briefly -- online, and we listen in.

Cup Noodles touted both convenience and comfort, which helped heighten the instant meal as a luxury in Japan

Gary Kamiya reports live -- barely -- from the XVIII Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan

Japanese copyright holders demand action! It's all about the cartoons.

Jennifer Connelly struggles to keep this drippy thriller moving.

Clint Eastwood shows us the Battle of Iwo Jima from the viewpoint of the Japanese soldiers who fought and died there.

Of course Russia should be condemned for targeting civilians. But the brutal U.S. air war on Japan was much worse

The director of "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" talks about sensationalism, nudity, the death of cinema, his passion for lists, his new film, "The Pillow Book," and his big plans for the Internet.

Weaving kitsch, honesty and lather, sex in Japan is as complex as the country itself.

Simon Winchester visits the heartbreaking Kurile Islands -- ceded to Russia, claimed by Japan and lamented by the lonely soldiers who have to live there.

Becomes first Japanese winner of world series honor after record-setting performance