"The biggest problem is the immigration system in Japan," she says. "It really is a black box. I think speaking up has been essential, and I am trying to make more people aware of this problem." ...

In April 2015, Itō Shiori was a 25-year-old intern at the Japan office of Thomson Reuters ... The title of Itō’s harrowing and powerful documentary, Black Box Diaries, is taken from something ...

But while "Black Box Diaries" continues to rack up an impressive list of plaudits, Ito's film has been conspicuously absent from theaters in Japan. Now that footage has become an "impediment" to ...

“People in general and theatres in this case are more risk averse in Japan than, for example, the States. And they feel more vulnerable to legal claims and trouble,” Black Box Diaries producer ...

“Black Box Diaries” has been released worldwide and its global resonance has earned it multiple international awards and, most notably, an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature fil ...

The black cow painting measures 23.3 centimeters by 33 cm. It was owned by a collector in Japan. In May, the collector donated items linked to Kitazawa Rakuten (1876-1955), a pioneer of modern ...

Chiefs GM says Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’ Lockdown lifted at US naval base in Italy ...