TOKYO (AP) — Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan's Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a sushi ...

Japan Society will present National Bunraku Theater, with four performances only taking place Thursday, October 3 through Saturday, October 5 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). This long-awaited ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person walks by a poster of film "Kokuho," in Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) TOKYO (AP) — A three-hour film ...

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

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. It has been announced that The Royal Court Theatre will present New Plays: Japan ...

NEW YORK — “The Noh is unquestionably one of the great arts of the world,” poet Ezra Pound wrote in 1916, “and it is quite possibly one of the most recondite.” Over the 20th century, this traditional ...