From seasonal flower festivals and neighborhood markets to exhibitions and winter illuminations, here are Tokyo area events ...

From colorful lantern floats to sky-shattering firework displays, Tohoku’s range of festivities is absolutely unmatched. The Sanno Matsuri in Tokyo is a multi-faceted annual festival spread over 11 ...

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event. Moving to the Hibiya-Ginza district and ...

The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a gently emotive start Monday night with the local premiere of filmmaker Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing for Life, a crowd-pleasing biographical drama ...

When Atsushi Maeda talks about rural, he doesn't use the language of festivals. He talks about zones: sonic, emotional, mental. Places you didn't know existed until the music took you there. "I would ...

With strong accents on mainland Chinese directors, Japan’s next generation of filmmaking talent and a new women’s empowerment section, this week’s Tokyo International Film Festival can lay reasonable ...

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) got underway on Monday evening with stars including Fan Bingbing, Juliette Binoche, Sayuri Yoshinaga and Rena Nonen on the red carpet; and encouraging words ...

In the five years since Hiroyasu Ando took sole charge at the top of Tokyo International Film Festival, the progress made under the energetic octogenarian former diplomat is palpable. Despite the ...