The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into ...

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito is pictured in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 23, 2020. (Mainichi/Emi Naito) LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- A controversial film directed by a Japanese journalist documenting ...

winning multiple awards along the way and garnering a best documentary nomination at the Oscars, a first in that category by a Japanese director. In her native country, where a 2017 government ...

The documentary lost to No Other Land but Shiro and her movie are being talked about in Japan. Black Box Diaries is about the investigation that Shiori Ito herself did after she suffered sexual ...

NHK's documentary presentation featuring Japanese animation master Miyazaki Hayao has attracted many fans in China. The event was held on Saturday in Dongguan city in the southern province of ...

“Black Box Diaries” has been released worldwide and its global resonance has earned it multiple international awards and, most notably, an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature fil ...

but both the filmmaker and her film have long been making waves in Japan. Black Box Diaries, nominated for best documentary feature at the 97th Academy Awards, follows Ito's investigation into the ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

The award-winning independent documentary film The Ones Left Behind, released last year, tells the story of such single mothers in Japan, weaving together interviews with the women and experts ...