East Asia
Gintama Film Reaches Netflix on 27 August
The compilation film opened in Japan in February and ranked second at the box office. It arrives worldwide as a standalone Netflix release later this month.
Tag: Japan
Shueisha Puts 400 Manga Titles Online for Free
The publisher centenary project offers a million pages in more than 100 languages, including Hindi and Tagalog, with no registration and no AI translation.
Dollar Drops Against Yen After US and Japan Confirm Rare Joint Intervention
Tokyo and Washington say they bought yen jointly on Friday after the currency hit a 40-year low. The dollar fell about 1 per cent…
Japan Enshrines Male-Only Imperial Succession, Ruling Out Princess Aiko
The revision allows adoption of distant male relatives to father future heirs, leaving Princess Aiko ineligible and the imperial family with five adult men.