Since jumping from World Wonder Ring Stardom to Dream Star Marigold last spring, Mayu Iwatani had no problem continuing to find success, holding the Marigold Superfly Championship for nearly a year, ...

Mayu Watanabe is a Japanese former singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted ...

Her cheeks framed with finger waves and streaked by mascara rivulets, Maggie Maurer paused, then pivoted. She spun around on the checkered floor in her flared long skirt and a hulking garment built ...

Despite the actor’s reservations, the nearly three-hour-long Kokuho has become Japan’s top-grossing live-action film. Despite the actor’s reservations, the nearly three-hour-long Kokuho has become ...

Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama “Kokuho.” An Oscar nominee for its makeup and hairstyling, “Kokuho” is set in the ...

Junya Watanabe ManMen's Fall 2026 ready-to-wear runway, fashion show & collection photos at Paris Men's Fashion Week, January 2026.

“There’s a golden era of men’s clothing, fashion type of clothing, to my mind. And it’s, say, 1958 to 1962. Then there is no rock ’n’ roll: there is no Beatles. Then, every person from Jackson Pollock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "That stage was made of really good wood," Watanabe says with a smile. "Before shooting, the production asked the director Lee ...

The "Inception" and "The Last Samurai" star on embodying the highly stylized art for the shortlisted submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. GKids will play the shortlisted Japanese ...

If there’s a motif running through some awards contenders this season, it’s how niche characters or subjects are finding a wider audience. For example, many perceived risk in a movie about a ...

Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year. By Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson Manohla Dargis It was another great year for the movies and another horrible, hair-on-fire year for the ...