Dancer Michael Sakamoto on “time/life/beauty,” his collaboration with DJ Spooky that fuses hip-hop and butoh to honor the late Japanese musical innovator.

The Oscar-nominated Kokuho tells a compelling story about friendship, the weight of history and the torturous road to ...

The Olympic figure skating pairs competition ended with Japan taking gold and Team USA getting two top 10 finishes. See full ...

The race for the podium in the women’s event is a tight one, with a crowded field including U.S. and Japanese skaters, as ...

Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama “Kokuho.” ...

According to esthetician Kyoko Getz, J-beauty begins with respect for the skin’s natural rhythm. “It isn’t about forcing quick results or masking imperfections, but about protecting and nurturing the ...

It was a medal upset no one anticipated heading into the 2026 Winter Olympics, but despite a season-best performance from U.S. ice dancing stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates, the new French ice dance ...

Think ‘Japan’ and many evocative images spring to mind. One that probably doesn’t is a beautiful beach. Yet between the coastlines of Hokkaido island in the north and the tropical Okinawa archipelago ...

Seven-time U.S. national champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates took to the ice Saturday for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics free dance portion of the team event and set a season-best score. The duo ...

Madison Chock and Evan Bates rock-and-rolled their way to a world-best 91.06 points in the rhythm dance Friday to open the team competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, where the American figure ...