Mark Schilling

TOKYO - Sony will begin accepting early retirement applications from staff in its corporate headquarters, as of Aug 1, 2014. The aim is to reduce fixed HQ expenses down 30%...

TOKYO -- Hot young male actor Toma Ikuta , who starred in the hit Takashi Miike gang actioner "The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji," has been announced as the lead...

TOKYO -- WOWOW , Japanese pay TV broadcaster with 2.6 million subscribers, has unveiled a management reshuffle which it says is a response to changing consumer needs. WOWOW's production division...

TOKYO -- Actor/director Dexter Fletcher 's second feature " Sunshine on Leith " will open the 11th edition of the Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, organizers announced today in Tokyo....

TOKYO -- Sony Corp. president-CEO Kazuo Hirai announced at a strategy briefing Thursday that the troubled electronics giant intends to triple its operating profit to 400 billion yen ($3.95 billion)...

The Internet rumor that the Japanese see the new made-in-America "Godzilla" as "super-sized" and "too fat" is all wrong, Toho would like you to know. "It's just a small number...

TOKYO -- Media conglom Kadokawa and video portal provider Dwango have announced their merger, effective Oct. 1. The aim is to combine Kadokawa's strengths in content, including pics, comics, animation,...

TOKYO -- Tokyo police have arrested Masaaki Wakasugi , a veteran producer with ties to some of the Japanese industry's biggest names, on charges of fraud. According to local news...

TOKYO -- Sony announced the nominees for its board of directors, including five new faces, on Tuesday. One is former U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos, a veteran Silicon Valley...

TOKYO -- The Shochiku studio has revealed a new production initiative aimed specifically at overseas markets. The plan is to make low-budget ($240,000) ninja pics, since foreign auds have long...